Johnny Stecchino

– Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 42 Minutes
Release Year:
1991
Johnny Stecchino (1991)

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.

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Johnny Stecchino (1991) - Trailer

Release Date:

24 Oct 1991

Language:

Italian

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Roberto Benigni

Writer:

Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami

Main Actors:

Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Volpi

Plot:

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.

Awards:

5 wins & 2 nominations.

Production:

New Line Cinema

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%