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Nanni Loy
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Nanni Loy

1925 – 1995 · Cagliari, Italy · Active 1952–1995

Nanni Loy, born in Cagliari, Sardinia in 1925, made a significant impact on Italian cinema with his directorial work. His film Strange Occasion (1976) showcases his distinctive style, blending elements of comedy and drama while exploring the nuances of human relationships. Loy's Sardinian heritage informs his storytelling, offering a unique lens through which to view the complexities of life. As a director, he contributed to the rich tapestry of cult cinema, leaving a lasting impression on the genre.

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Strange Occasion

Strange Occasion

1976 ★ 6.2
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Three sexy and comedic episodes. First segment: Giobatta is an Italian immigrant in the Netherlands, who barely earns a living selling castagnaccio to the locals. While checking his pockets during a night robbery, some muggers discover Giobatta is well-endowed and take him to the owner of a nightclub, who forcibly hires him as a live sex performer. While the profits improve the livelihood of Giobatta and his unaware wife Piera, their sexual life suffers. When Piera finds out about Giobatta’s moonlighting, she allows him to continue on the condition that she be the female performer. Seeing as Giobatta is too shy to perform with Piera in public, the nightclub owner demotes him to doorman and hires another male performer for Piera. Second segment: Antonio is a man who has the taboo of sex. When his wife and daughter go on holiday, at the door of the house of Antonio knocks the beautiful Cristina, a Swedish girl, the daughter of a friend of his. Antonio begins to fall in love, and so Cristina falls in love with him too. That night the two have sex, and the day after Cristina, believing that Antonio has a very clear conception of sex, tells him that his wife made love with her father. Antonio, indignant, doesn’t… welcome his wife. Third segment: In Rome, a bishop: Ascanio, is stuck in the elevator of a building with a beautiful woman. The bishop was going to see his mistress, but now he is stuck, and then Ascanio goes having a chat with the woman about sexual matters, expressing all his indignation at the manner in which the Italians of that time approach to sex. The woman manifests sound moral principles; but at the end, when the elevator is unlocked, the contradictions of the two characters are shown.

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Filmography

70 credits
1990s 1 credit
1994
Movie ★ 7.5
1980s 1 credit
1981
Disobedience as Il professore
Movie ★ 3.7
1970s 5 credits
1977
Movie ★ 5.0
1971
Movie ★ 4.9
1971
Troubleshooters as Charles Varèse
Movie ★ 6.3
1960s 3 credits
1965
Complexes as Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")
Movie ★ 7.0
1964
Movie ★ 6.7
Crew Credits
1990s 7 credits
1995
Movie
1994
TV
1993
Movie ★ 5.8
1990
Movie
1990
Movie
1980s 12 credits
1989
Scugnizzi Director
Movie ★ 5.9
1989
Scugnizzi Screenplay
Movie ★ 5.9
1985
Movie ★ 6.4
1985
Movie ★ 6.4
1984
Movie ★ 6.6
1984
Movie ★ 6.6
1984
Movie
1982
Movie ★ 5.3
1982
Movie ★ 5.3
1980
Movie ★ 7.0
1980
Café Express Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.0
1980
Movie ★ 7.0
1970s 8 credits
1976
Movie ★ 5.3
1976
Movie ★ 6.7
1976
Movie ★ 5.2
1976
Movie ★ 6.7
1974
Movie ★ 4.9
1974
Movie ★ 4.9
1971
Why Director
Movie ★ 7.3
1970
Movie ★ 5.5
1960s 12 credits
1967
Movie ★ 6.5
1967
Movie ★ 6.5
1967
Movie ★ 6.5
1965
Movie ★ 6.0
1965
Movie ★ 6.0
1965
Made in Italy Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.0
1962
Movie ★ 7.5
1962
Movie ★ 7.5
1962
Movie ★ 7.5
1961
Movie ★ 7.0
1961
Movie ★ 7.0
1961
Movie ★ 7.0
1950s 21 credits
1959
Movie ★ 6.9
1959
Movie ★ 6.9
1959
The Thieves Screenplay
Movie ★ 5.6
1959
Movie ★ 5.6
1958
Il marito Director
Movie ★ 6.3
1958
Il marito Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.3
1957
Movie
1957
Movie
1957
Movie
1955
Girls of Today First Assistant Director
Movie ★ 6.5
1954
House of Ricordi First Assistant Director
Movie ★ 6.2
1954
Modern Virgin First Assistant Director
Movie ★ 5.0
1954
Maddalena Assistant Director
Movie ★ 4.4
1953
Viva il cinema First Assistant Director
Movie ★ 5.0
1953
We, the Women Assistant Director
Movie ★ 6.1
1953
Easy Years First Assistant Director
Movie ★ 6.8
1953
Cavalcade of Song Assistant Director
Movie
1952
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi First Assistant Director
Movie ★ 6.0
1952
The City Stands Trial First Assistant Director
Movie ★ 5.7
1952
Appointment for Murder First Assistant Director
Movie ★ 6.0
1952
Half a Century of Song Assistant Director
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