Johnny Stecchino

"Sometimes a banana is just a banana!"

1991 1h 55m IT

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7.3

SOLID

★7.3TMDB · 1,085

Comedy

Synopsis

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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.

“Sometimes a banana is just a banana!”

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Cast

Roberto Benigni
Dante Ceccarini / Johnny Stecchino
Nicoletta Braschi
Maria
Paolo Bonacelli
D'Agata
Franco Volpi
Ministro
Ivano Marescotti
Dr. Randazzo
Turi Scalia
Giudice
Loredana Romito
Gianna
Alessandro De Santis
Lillo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Roberto Benigni
Writers: Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Roberto Benigni, shot by Giuseppe Lanci. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Evan Lurie. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nino Baragli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi and Paolo Bonacelli carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Sometimes a banana is just a banana!".

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IMDB entry: tt0102164 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Roberto Benigni directs. Giuseppe Lanci behind the camera. Evan Lurie scores. Nino Baragli cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

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135 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Roberto Benigni, shot by Giuseppe Lanci. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Evan Lurie. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Nino Baragli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi and Paolo Bonacelli carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Sometimes a banana is just a banana!".
7IMDB entry: tt0102164 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 9 themes, including "sicily, italy", "gangster", "bus driver", "fool".