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I Won the New Year's Lottery

I Won the New Year's Lottery

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Overview

Ciottoli is a journalist with absolutely no prospective for his career, with a lot of debts and a mobster that want him died. Unexpectedly he win the national lottery (almost Eur 2.5 Mln) and try to remain unanimous hiding the winner ticker into his typewriter. Ironically his director order to him to write an article on the mysterious winner. When he is back home he discovers all his furniture has been confiscate and will go on a public auction. He will try desperately to buy back the worthless typewriter while all his previous problems still follows him, especially the mobster...

Directed by Neri Parenti
Written by Domenico Saverni, Neri Parenti, Piero De Bernardi
Produced by Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Mario Cecchi Gori
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Top Cast

Paolo Villaggio

Paolo Villaggio

Paolo Ciottoli

Antonio Allocca

Antonio Allocca

Rossi

Camillo Milli

Camillo Milli

Cieco

Ugo Bologna

Ugo Bologna

il direttore del giornale

Giancarlo Magalli

Giancarlo Magalli

se stesso

Valerio Merola

Valerio Merola

se stesso

G

Gianpaolo Saccarola

Boss

Giulio Massimini

Giulio Massimini

don Paolino

Stefano Antonucci

Stefano Antonucci

il banditore d'asta

Margit Evelyn Newton

Margit Evelyn Newton

Arcangela

About I Won the New Year's Lottery

I Won the New Year's Lottery is a comedy film released in 1989. Directed by Neri Parenti, it stars Paolo Villaggio, Antonio Allocca, Camillo Milli. Ciottoli is a journalist with absolutely no prospective for his career, with a lot of debts and a mobster that want him died. Unexpectedly he win the national lottery (almost Eur 2.5 Mln) and try to remain unanimous hiding the winner ticker into his typewriter. Ironically his director order to him to write an article on the mysterious winner. When he is back home he discovers all his furniture has been confiscate and will go on a public auction. He will try desperately to buy back the worthless typewriter while all his previous problems still follows him, especially the mobster...

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