''Ultimo minuto'' (also known as ''The Last Minute'') is a 1987

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comedy-

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two '' giallo'' masterpieces, '' The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' ...

. The film won the

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for best sound (to Raffaele De Luca) and for best original song (to Riz Ortolani).

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi Ottavio "Ugo" Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most important faces of Italian comedy together with Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Marcello Mastr ...

: Walter Ferroni *

Elena Sofia Ricci Elena Sofia Barucchieri (born 29 March 1962), known by the stage name Elena Sofia Ricci (), is an Italian actress. Active in film, theater and television, the actress has won major awards in their respective fields in Italy, including three Dav ...

: Marta Ferroni *

Diego Abatantuono Diego Abatantuono (born 20 May 1955) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, comedian and screenwriter, three-time winner of the Nastro d'Argento. Biography and career Abatantuono was born in Milan to a father of Apulian origin and a mother f ...

: Duccio Venturi *

Massimo Bonetti Massimo Bonetti (born 28 March 1951) is an Italian actor and director. Life and career Born in Rome, Bonetti after several years as character actor debuted in a leading role in 1981, in Aurelio Chiesa's ''Bim Bum Bam''. Then, he obtained role ...

: Emilio Boschi * Lino Capolicchio: Renzo Di Carlo *

Giovanna Maldotti Giovanna is an Italian feminine first name. It is the feminine counterpart of the masculine Giovanni, which in turn is the Italian form of John; it is thus the Italian equivalent of Joan, etc. In Brazil, the feminine name Giovanna has many variat ...

: Egle Di Carlo * Marco Leporatti: Di Carlo's son *

Luigi Diberti Luigi Diberti (born 29 September 1939) is an Italian actor and dubber. After graduating from the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome, he first appeared in small theater roles before having his breakout in 1968 with Luca Ronconi's ''L'Orl ...

: Claudio Corti *

Nik Novecento Nik Novecento (19 February 1964 – 15 October 1987) was an Italian actor and television personality. Life and career Born in Bologna as Leonardo Sottani, Novecento's career was launched by film director Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better k ...

: Nik *

Cesare Barbetti Cesare Barbetti (29 September 1930 – 13 September 2006) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Palermo to parents who were both actors, Barbetti started off his career as a child actor during the Fascist era in 1934 making a ...

: Lele Costanzi *

Cinzia De Ponti Cinzia Fiordeponti, best known as Cinzia De Ponti (born 3 October 1960), is an Italian actress, model, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia 1979 and second runner-up to Miss Universe 1982. Life and ...

: Boschi's wife *

Marco Leonardi Marco Leonardi (born 14 November 1971) is an Australian-born Italian film and television actor. He has been nominated twice for the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor. Leonardi was born in Australia to Italian parents. He moved to Italy at the ag ...

: Paolo Tassoni

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* 1987 films Italian sports comedy-drama films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Pupi Avati Italian association football films 1987 comedy-drama films Films scored by Riz Ortolani 1980s sports comedy-drama films 1980s Italian films 1980s Italian-language films Italian-language comedy-drama films {{1980s-comedy-drama-film-stub