I Won the New Year's Lottery

I Won the New Year's Lottery

1989 · 92 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy

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 Leonardo Benvenuti

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Paolo Villaggio Paolo Ciottoli
Antonio Allocca Rossi
Camillo Milli Cieco
Ugo Bologna il direttore del giornale
Giancarlo Magalli se stesso
Valerio Merola se stesso
Gianpaolo Saccarola Boss
Giulio Massimini don Paolino
Stefano Antonucci il banditore d'asta
Margit Evelyn Newton Arcangela
Carlo Colombo il caporedattore Mambretti
Luciana Cirenei Signora Boschini

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