Johnny Stecchino / directed by Roberto Benigni ; Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori, producers ; screenplay by Vincenzo Cerami and Robert Benigni ; C.G. Group Tiger Cinematographica-Pentafilm.
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Volpi. Also known as: Touthpick Johnny. Original film: Italy, 1992.
Summary:
Dante is a kind-hearted but naìˆve buffoon who is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children but feels he is somehow missing out on life and love. His fortunes take a dramatic turn when he meets Maria, a dangerous driver who seems immediately enamoured of him. Dante is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, pleasantly unaware that he's being drawn into a underworld plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's gangster husband, who also happens to be a stool pidgeon and it would be very convenient for the couple if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.
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