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Ninetto Davoli
Ninetto Davoli, born Giovanni Davoli on 11 October 1948 in San Pietro a Maida, Calabria, Italy, emerged from a modest Southern upbringing to become one of the most recognizable faces of Italian art cinema. At the age of fifteen he was discovered by the poet‑filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was then forty‑one and instantly captivated by the teenager’s innocent charm and expressive eyes. Their relationship quickly turned romantic and mentorship alike; Pasolini described Davoli as “the great love of his life,” and he cast the young man in a non‑speaking part as a shepherd boy in Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964). The following year Davoli appeared as the naive “Innocenti Ninetto” in Uccellacci e uccellini (1966), sharing screen time with the legendary Totò, and thus cemented his reputation for portraying comic‑naïve characters that perfectly suited Pasolini’s allegorical narratives. Over the next decade Davoli featured in six more Pasolini masterpieces, including Teorema (1968) as the messenger Angelino, Il Decameron (1971) as Andreuccio of Perugia, and the controversial Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte (1974) where he played Aziz, a selfish man whose on‑screen castration mirrored the director’s personal anguish after the actor’s departure to marry.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Giovanni Davoli
Born: San Pietro a Maida, Calabria, Italy
Citizenship: Italian
Birthday: October 11, 1948
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1964-present
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Movies Featuring Ninetto Davoli
Pasolini
Agony
All at Sea
Happy to Be Different
Una casa nel cuore
Senza nessuna pietà
Christman in London - God Save the Queen
Agony
Salò: Yesterday and Today
Concrete Romance
The Persian Lamb Coat
The Soup
The Tyrant’s Heart, or Boccaccio in Hungary
Nuevo / Otro Cine Español - Un Lugar En El Cine
Count Tacchia
La ragazza del metrò
In a Future April: The Young Pasolini
Momo
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Bellezza, addio
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
Notes from a Critofilm
The Sequence of the Paper Flower
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Oedipus Rex
Ostia
Love and Anger
The Canterbury Tales
Appassionata
And Agnes Chose to Die
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
What Are the Clouds?
La Tosca
Good News
Theorem
The Witches
Caprice Italian Style
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Blonde in Black Leather
Frankenstein: Italian Style
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
L’anno prossimo… vado a letto alle dieci
Arabian Nights
Bawdy Tales
How to Seduce Your Teacher
Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker’s Life
Kill and Pray
Beach House
Partner
We Free Kings
Pigsty
Shadows Unseen
Pasolini and the Form of the City
The Story of Romance and Knife
La Rabbia di Pasolini
Story of Fear and a Knife
The Decameron
Reflections in Black
Career Timeline
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1976
And Agnes Chose to Die
La disperata
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
Pietro, Thief (Segment "L'armadio Di Troia")
1975
Blonde in Black Leather
Il saltimbanco / l'angelo / il diavolo
Frankenstein: Italian Style
Igor
Reflections in Black
Sandro Lucetti
1974
Appassionata
Ciccio, garzone del macellaio
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
Giuseppe
Arabian Nights
Aziz
Pasolini and the Form of the City
1972
The Canterbury Tales
Perkin
Shadows Unseen
Giorgio
Story of Fear and a Knife
'Totarello' Meniconi
1971
Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker’s Life
Self
The Story of Romance and Knife
Antonio "Totarello" Cerino
The Decameron
Andreuccio of Perugia
1969
The Sequence of the Paper Flower
Riccetto
Love and Anger
Riccetto (segment "La sequenza del fiore di carta")
Pigsty
Maracchione
1968
What Are the Clouds?
Otello
Theorem
Angelino, the Messenger
Caprice Italian Style
Othello
Partner
Student
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