Remo Remotti (16 November 1924 – 21 June 2015) was an Italian

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and

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Life and career

Born in

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, Remotti lost his father at 12 years old, then after graduating in Law he moved to Perù, where he attended an

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and began

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. Following the bankruptcy of the taxi company he had founded in Perù, seven years later he returned to Italy where he married Maria Luisa Loy, the sister of the director and

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, and started an activity as a playwright, often also directing and acting his comedy plays. He was later requested by some theatrical companies for character roles, and in the late 1970s he began a proficuous film career as a

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. A painter and a

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, some of his works are exhibited at the

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. He was also a composer of

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, usually

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Selected filmography

* ''A mosca cieca'' (1966) * ''La prova generale'' (1968) * ''Il gabbiano'' (1977) * ''Morte di un operatore'' (1979) * '' The Meadow'' (1979) * '' La terrazza'' (1980) * ''Henry Angst'' (1980) * '' A Leap in the Dark'' (1980) - Thief * ''Masoch'' (1980) - Grunwald * ''

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'' (1981) * ''

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'' (1981) - Sigmund Freud * ''La festa perduta'' (1981) * ''The Logic of Emotion'' (1982) * ''Giocare d'azzardo'' (1982) * ''Canto d'amore'' (1982) * '' The Scarlet and the Black'' (1983) - Rabbi Leoni * ''Occhei, occhei'' (1983) * '' Where's Picone?'' (1984) * ''

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'' (1984) - Siro Siri * '' A Strange Passion'' (1984) - Peppo * ''Liberté, Égalité, Choucroute'' (1985) * ''Un foro nel parabrezza'' (1985) - Simic * ''Juke box'' (1985) * ''Inganni'' (1985) * ''

Otello ''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play '' Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887. ...

'' (1986) - Brabantio * '' Italian Night'' (1987) - Italo * '' Helsinki Napoli All Night Long'' (1987) - Neapolitan * '' Red Wood Pigeon'' (1989) - Alter ego of coach * ''Nulla ci può fermare'' (1989) * ''Lungo il fiume'' (1989) * ''Affetti speciali'' (1989) - Venditore di patatine * ''

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'' (1990) - Cardinal Sistine * ''Stiamo attraversando un brutto periodo'' (1990) * ''Con i piedi per aria'' (1990) * '' To Want to Fly'' (1991) - The 'Child' * ''

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'' (1991) - Guy on Donkey * ''Ladri di futuro'' (1991) * ''Derrick - Caprese in der Stadt'' (1991) - Caprese * '' Miracolo italiano'' (1994) * ''Il mondo alla rovescia'' (1995) * '' Bits and Pieces'' (1996) * ''Cuba Libre - Velocipedi ai tropici'' (1997) - Poet * '' Simpatici & antipatici'' (1998) - Augusto * ''Tobia al caffè'' (2000) - Colonnello * '' Caruso, Zero for Conduct'' (2001) - Stefano * ''Quore'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003) - Butler * ''

Household Accounts ''Household Accounts'' ( it, Il quaderno della spesa) is a 2003 Italian mystery-drama film directed by Tonino Cervi. Cast *Gabriele Lavia: Augusto Pavinato * Emanuela Muni: Antonia * Claudio Bigagli: Judge Di Giacomo *David Sebasti: Giuliano ...

'' (2003) - Magistrato anziano * ''Andata e ritorno'' (2003) - Capo di Samuele * ''

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'' (2003) - Francesco Scura * '' Agata and the Storm'' (2004) - Generoso Rambone * ''Ladri di barzellette'' (2004) * ''Sara May'' (2004) - Usciere Cinecittà * '' La bambina dalle mani sporche'' (2005) - Notaio * ''Nemici per la pelle'' (2006) - Satana * ''Shooting Silvio'' (2006) * ''Segretario particolare'' (2007) - Amico di Mattia * ''Nero bifamiliare'' (2007) - Colonnello Piacentini * ''La canarina assassinata'' (2008) - Director * ''Il prossimo tuo'' (2008) - Bit part (uncredited) * ''La strategia degli affetti'' (2009) - Goffredo * ''

Palestrina - Prince of Music ''Palestrina - Prince of Music'' is an Italian/German 2009 music film directed by Georg Brintrup. The subject is the life and music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ca.1525-1594), a famous Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music. He is ...

'' (2009) - Filippo Neri * ''

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'' (2009) - Cardinal * ''

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'' (2010) - Farm House Lorenzo * ''

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'' (2010) - Older Soccer Fan * ''

The Santa Claus Gang ''The Santa Claus Gang'' ( it, La banda dei Babbi Natale) is a 2010 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Genovese. Plot During Christmas Eve, Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo are arrested for home burglary. As the three were dressed as Santa Claus, the ...

'' (2010) - Barbone * ''

Escort in Love ''Escort in Love'' ( it, Nessuno mi può giudicare, "Nobody can judge me") is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Massimiliano Bruno. Paola Cortellesi won the 2011 David di Donatello for Best Actress for her performance as Alice. Plot A wea ...

'' (2011) - Poeta * '' Buona giornata'' (2012) - Vecchio funerale * ''

Viva l'Italia ''Viva l'Italia'' () is a 2012 Italian comedy film written and directed by Massimiliano Bruno. Politician, Michele Spagnolo loses the ability to lie because of a stroke in the brain and that has dire consequences. Cast * Raoul Bova as Riccar ...

'' (2012) - Annibale * ''

Buongiorno papà ''Buongiorno papà'' (Italian for ''Good Morning Dad'') is a 2013 Italian comedy film written and directed by Edoardo Leo, who also stars in the film. It was nominated for two David di Donatello awards, for best supporting actor (Marco Giallini) a ...

'' (2013) - Guardone * ''Ganja Fiction'' (2013) - Himself * ''Professione Remotti'' (2016) - Himself (final film role)

References

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