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Mr. Fifteen Balls

Mr. Fifteen Balls

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 25, 1998

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

56%

Original Title

Il signor Quindicipalle

Production Companies

Medusa Film, Videomaura, Filmone

Director

Francesco Nuti

Description

Francesco is a Tuscan who is very good at playing American pool, so much so that he is nicknamed "Mr. Quindicipalle", for the time he performed the unlikely feat of pocketing fifteen (quindici) balls (palle) in one shot, using the wooden handle of a broom as his cue stick. Francesco is also an experienced womanizer, like his recently deceased father. Indeed, Francesco meets the woman of his dreams at his father's funeral – a prostitute who calls herself Sissi. The two fall in love, and so Francesco thinks she might be a lucky charm for him, in his training for a big pool tournament. But Sissi frequently infuriates Francesco, compromising his skill and his training for the tournament.