''Notte italiana'' (internationally released as ''Italian Night'') is a 1987

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directed by

Carlo Mazzacurati Carlo Mazzacurati (2 March 1956 – 22 January 2014) was an Italian film director and screenwriter born in Padua. He started his cinema career in 1980. His better known films include '' The Bull'' (1994) and '' Holy Tongue'' (2000). He was edu ...

. It won several awards including the

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at the Annecy Film Festival, the

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for

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and the

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for Best Actor (to Marco Messeri).

Cast

Marco Messeri Marco Messeri (born 15 December 1948) is an Italian actor, comedian, stage director, singer-songwriter and voice actor. Life and career Born in Livorno, Messeri studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and acting at the drama ...

: Otello *

Giulia Boschi Giulia Boschi (born 17 December 1962) is an Italian film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Boschi is the daughter of the television presenter Aba Cercato. She made her film debut in 1984, in Francesca Comencini's ''Pianof ...

: Daria *

Mario Adorf Mario Adorf (; born 8 September 1930) is a German actor, considered to be one of the great veteran character actors of European cinema. Since 1954, he has played both leading and supporting roles in over 200 film and television productions, am ...

: Tornova *

Roberto Citran Roberto Citran (born 26 January 1955) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Padua, Citran graduated in psychology and founded the university film club CinemaUno. After some sporadic stage works he founded a small theater company, "Punto ...

: Gàbor *

Memè Perlini Amelio "Memè" Perlini (8 December 1947 – 5 April 2017) was an Italian actor and film director. His directorial debut, '' Italian Postcards'', was screened in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. He directe ...

: Francesco aka 'Checco' *

Remo Remotti Remo Remotti (16 November 1924 – 21 June 2015) was an Italian actor, playwright, artist and poet. Life and career Born in Rome, Remotti lost his father at 12 years old, then after graduating in Law he moved to Peru, where he attended an art ...

: Italo *

Tino Carraro Agostino Carraro (1 December 1910 – 12 January 1995) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Life and career Born in Milan, Carraro started acting at young age in several amateur stage companies. Carraro then graduated at the , ...

: Melandri

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* 1987 films 1987 comedy-drama films Films directed by Carlo Mazzacurati 1987 directorial debut films Italian comedy-drama films Films scored by Fiorenzo Carpi Italian multilingual films 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films Italian-language comedy-drama films {{1980s-comedy-drama-film-stub