Johnny Stecchino

Johnny Stecchino is an Italian comedy film starring Roberto Benigni as the protagonist and director. This film is one of Benignis many collaborations with costar and wife, Nicoletta Braschi. During its release in 1991, it was the highest grossing film in Italy.

During the day, Dante works in Cesena as a bus driver for students with down syndrome, defrauds the government into receiving disability payments for a faked disability, and steals bananas from greengrocers. Dantes best friend is Lillo, a student with down syndrome and diabetes, who he has to constantly deter from eating sweets.Dante runs into Maria again, this time near his apartment, who unbeknownst to him, has tracked him down in a plan to turn him over to the Sicilian mafia so they can kill Dante, thinking that he is Stecchino. Maria begins to make Dantes appearance more identical to Stecchino, by dressing him in a similar suit and tie, placing a faux mole on his face and convincing him to have a toothpick in his mouth at all time stecchino is the Italian word for toothpick. Maria then begins to call him Johnny or Johnny Stecchino. She later invites Dante to join her in her residence in Palermo where she will begin to plan to his murder so she and the real Johnny Stecchino can escape to South America. ........

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