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Mr. Fifteen Balls

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Mr. Fifteen Balls
Directed byFrancesco Nuti
Written byFrancesco Nuti
Mario Rellini
StarringFrancesco Nuti
Sabrina Ferilli
CinematographyDanilo Desideri
Edited byUgo De Rossi
Music byGiovanni Nuti
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
100 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Mr. Fifteen Balls (Italian: Il Signor Quindicipalle) is a 1998 Italian comedy film directed by Francesco Nuti.[1][2]

Plot summary

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Francesco is a Tuscan who is very good at playing American pool, so much so that he is nicknamed "Mr. Quindicipalle", for the time he performed the unlikely feat of pocketing fifteen (quindici) balls (palle) in one shot, using the wooden handle of a broom as his cue stick. Francesco is also an experienced womanizer, like his recently deceased father. Indeed, Francesco meets the woman of his dreams at his father's funeral – a prostitute who calls herself Sissi. The two fall in love, and so Francesco thinks she might be a lucky charm for him, in his training for a big pool tournament. But Sissi frequently infuriates Francesco, compromising his skill and his training for the tournament.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti (in Italian). B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 88-6073-626-9.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film (in Italian). Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401372.
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