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Ugo Fantozzi (pronounced [ˈuːɡo fanˈtɔttsi]) is a fictional character, appearing in Italian literature and film, created by Paolo Villaggio. The character, initially part of Villaggio's television monologues , later became protagonist of a series of short stories published at first on newspapers , later in collections, which in turn ...
Jul 10, 2017 · A visionary, political thinker and great all-round artist: during his career Villaggio has been author, screenwriter, song writer, and a very prolific theater and cinema actor – shifting between drama, stand-up, situational comedy and slapstick.
- The revolution against 'shit' Battleship Potemkin. At Fantozzi's workplace, a new director and film buff forces his underlings to abandon the Italy-England football match at home and watch a six-hour director's cut of Battleship Potemkin.
- Casino slave for Count Semeranza. Old money factory director Count Semeranza takes on Fantozzi as a third-class valet and dogsbody for his Monte Carlo gambling trip.
- Coppa Cobram cycling nightmare. A recurring theme in Fantozzi: maniacal directors of the 'megaditta' (mega-company) whose model of masculinity is shaped by athletic events.
- Fantozzi's daughter is pregnant. Fantozzi's ape-like daughter (played by Plinio Fernando) confesses she is pregnant, so the Fantozzi couple set out to demand that her lover, a postal-worker Lothario called Loris Battachi, make amends and marry Mariangela.
Jul 9, 2017 · Although many failed to go beyond the obvious comical veneer presented by the much-loved fictional character of Ugo Fantozzi, Kenneth Charles Curmi prefers to delve beyond the superficial. He...
Dec 5, 2022 · Accountant Ugo Fantozzi won the hearts of all Italians: the character invented and played by Paolo Villaggio -one of Italy's most famous comic masks, inspired by his memories as an office employee in Genoa- debuted in 1975 with Luciano Salce's film, the first chapter in a series that portrayed a specific time in Italian society.
Superfantozzi (1986) is an Italian film from 1986. It is the fifth film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. In this film, Fantozzi is portrayed in a surreal historical journey, from Genesis to 1980s.
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Fantozzi mercilessly portrays 1970’s Italy, which has a hilarious-comedy façade – which in part also came from slapstick tradition – but hides a dramatic landscape of the lower classes’ misery: mediocre and cowardly, they also “tenderly” strive to satisfy their instincts and desires, Fantozzi’s grotesque infatuation with Miss ...
