Johnny Stecchino
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| Johnny Stecchino | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roberto Benigni |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
| Written by | Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami |
| Starring | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi |
| Release date(s) |  24 October 1991 9 October 1992 14 September 1992 |
| Running time | 101 minutes |
| Language | Italian |
| IMDb profile | |
Johnny Stecchino is a 1991 Italian comedy film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni. It tells the story of Dante, a not-so-bright school bus driver whose Sicilian vacation traps him in the middle of a Mafia plot involving a notorious mob informant, the titular Johnny Stecchino. The film also stars Nicoletta Braschi and Paolo Bonacelli.
[edit] Plot
Dante (Roberto Benigni) is a hapless man who drives a school bus for a special school. One night, he accidentally meets Maria (Nicoletta Braschi), an attractive and wealthy woman from Palermo, Sicily with whom he immediately falls in love. Soon Dante is lured by Maria into unwittingly impersonating famous mobster Johnny Stecchino, Maria's husband, with whom he shares an uncanny resemblance. Meanwhile, the real Stecchino (also played by Benigni) is forced to hide in his home after having testified against several of the local Mafia leaders. Maria's plan is to have Dante mistaken for Johnny, publicly murdered by the Mafia, and buried in place of her husband, after which they can both escape to Argentina.
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[edit] Trivia
- Roberto Benigni played both Johnny Stecchino and Dante without appearing in the same scene but in the wardrobe scene, where Dante opens the wardrobe and finds Johnny, who has to repeat all his moves (they used a mirror)
