Renato Pozzetto
Encyclopedia
Renato Pozzetto is an Italian
personality. He has performed as an actor
, director
, stand-up comedian and singer in Italy.
(also in the Province of Varese
). After graduation he made his debut as a comedian at the Derby Club in Milan
. There in 1964 he and his childhood friend Cochi Ponzoni formed the duo Cochi & Renato. They recorded several successful songs, often written in collaboration with Enzo Jannacci
. These songs often had a satirical and/or nonsense
style. Their most popular hits include "La canzone intelligente" ("The intelligent song", a satire about songwriting) and "E la vita, la vita". From the mid 70s through the first half of the 90s Pozzetto enjoyed a prolific career in film. He soon became famous for his trademark pronounced Milanese
accent and for his shy and stuttering way of speaking.
Italy
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personality. He has performed as an actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, stand-up comedian and singer in Italy.
Biography
Pozzetto was born into a poor family in Laveno Mombello and grew up in the town of GemonioGemonio
Gemonio is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 14 km northwest of Varese...
(also in the Province of Varese
Province of Varese
The Province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese but its largest city is Busto Arsizio....
). After graduation he made his debut as a comedian at the Derby Club in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
. There in 1964 he and his childhood friend Cochi Ponzoni formed the duo Cochi & Renato. They recorded several successful songs, often written in collaboration with Enzo Jannacci
Enzo Jannacci
Vincenzo Jannacci , more commonly known as Enzo Jannacci , is an Italian singer-songwriter, actor and stand-up comedian...
. These songs often had a satirical and/or nonsense
Nonsense
Nonsense is a communication, via speech, writing, or any other symbolic system, that lacks any coherent meaning. Sometimes in ordinary usage, nonsense is synonymous with absurdity or the ridiculous...
style. Their most popular hits include "La canzone intelligente" ("The intelligent song", a satire about songwriting) and "E la vita, la vita". From the mid 70s through the first half of the 90s Pozzetto enjoyed a prolific career in film. He soon became famous for his trademark pronounced Milanese
Milanese
Milanese is the central variety of the Western Lombard language spoken in the city and province of Milan....
accent and for his shy and stuttering way of speaking.
Selected filmography
- Per amare Ofelia (1974)
- SturmtruppenSturmtruppenSturmtruppen was a successful Italian series of anti-war comic books, written and drawn by Bonvi, the artistic pseudonym of Franco Bonvicini starting as four-frame comic strips back in 1968 and evolving into fully sized collector books up to the 1990s and first decade of the third millennium.The...
(1976) - Oh! Serafina (1976)
- Tre tigri contro tre tigri (1977)
- Neapolitan MysteryNeapolitan Mystery-Cast:* Marcello Mastroianni - Raffaele Capece* Ornella Muti - Lucia Navarro* Renato Pozzetto - Police Inspector* Michel Piccoli - Conductor Navarro* Zeudi Araya - Elizabeth* Capucine - Sister Angela* Peppino De Filippo - Raffaele's father...
(1978) - Io tigro tu tigri egli tigra (1978)
- La patata bollente (1979)
- I'm PhotogenicI'm PhotogenicI'm Photogenic is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was screened out of competition at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Renato Pozzetto - Antonio Barozzi* Edwige Fenech - Cinzia Pancaldi* Aldo Maccione - Pedretti - Lawyer...
(1980) - La casa stregata (1982)
- Questo e quello (1983)
- Un povero ricco (1983)
- Il ragazzo di campagnaIl ragazzo di campagnaIl ragazzo di campagna is a 1984 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Castellano and Giuseppe Moccia. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Renato Pozzetto - Artemio...
(1984) - Lui è peggio di me (1985)
- È arrivato mio fratello (1985)
- 7 chili in 7 giorni (1986)
- Da grandeDa grande (film)Da grande is a 1987 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Franco Amurri, starring Renato Pozzetto, Ottavia Piccolo and Alessandro Haber....
(1987) - Le comiche (1990)
- Le comiche 2 (1991)
- Ricky e Barabba (1992)
- Le nuove comiche (1994)
- Mollo tutto (1995)
- Papà dice messa (1996)
- Nebbia in Val Padana (Tv series) (2000)
- Un amore su misura (2007)
- Oggi sposi (2010)