- Johnny Stecchino
Infobox Film
name = Johnny Stecchino
director =Roberto Benigni
writer =Roberto Benigni ,Vincenzo Cerami
starring =Roberto Benigni ,Nicoletta Braschi
producer =Mario Cecchi Gori ,Vittorio Cecchi Gori
released = flagicon|Italy24 October 1991
flagicon|USA9 October ,1992
flagicon|Canada14 September ,1992
runtime = 101 minutes
language = Italian
imdb_id = 0102164|"Johnny Stecchino" is a
1991 Italiancomedy film directed by and starringRoberto Benigni . It tells the story of Dante, a not-so-brightschool bus driver whose Sicilian vacation traps him in the middle of aMafia plot involving a notorious mobinformant , the titular Johnny Stecchino.The film also starsNicoletta Braschi andPaolo Bonacelli .Plot
Dante (Roberto Benigni) is a hapless man who drives a
school bus for aspecial school . One night, he accidentally meets Maria (Nicoletta Braschi), an attractive and wealthy woman fromPalermo, 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.External links
*imdb title|id=0102164|title=Johnny Stecchino
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)
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