Massimo Troisi

Massimo Troisi (February 19, 1953 - June 4, 1994) was an Italian actor, film director and poet from San Giorgio a Cremano, Naples. He is best known for the 1994 film Il Postino.

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Troisi started his artistic career as a cabaret showman together with Lello Arena and Enzo De Caro, in a comic trio called "La Smorfia" (from the name of the "book of the numbers" traditionally used in Naples for Lotto and Bingo).

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The trio reached television and gained national popularity, but then dissolved shortly thereafter.

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Troisi starred opposite Roberto Benigni in "Non ci resta che piangere" (1985), in which they play two folks who are accidentally transported centuries back in time, to the 15th century; there, they meet Leonardo da Vinci, and, upon realising in which time they are, travel to Spain to try to stop Christopher Columbus from discovering the Americas.

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Troisi came to international fame through the success of Il Postino, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Other films he acted in included Ricomincio da Tre, Scusate il ritardo, Le vie del signore sono finite and No grazie, il caff? mi rende nervoso.

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A good personal friend of the musician and singer Pino Daniele (who wrote most of the soundtracks for his movies), he wrote lyrics for his musics or adapted his poetry for it.

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Troisi died in 1994 of a heart attack (he had a congenital disease) shortly after the release of Il Postino.

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Eduardo De Filippo said of him that he was a comic actor of the future, but - luckily - with his roots in the past.

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February 19: February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 315 days remaining, 316 in leap years....

1953: 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday....

June 4: June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining....

Massimo Troisi related Images and Photos (experimental)

Massimo Troisi in Il Postino	Massimo Buon Mercato	Celtic- Massimo Donati	Celtic- Massimo Donati
E&A Mele Massimo Buon Mercato	Piazza Navona Rome Looking South Towards Palazzo Pamphilj and Palazzo Massimo Lancellotti