Johnny Stecchino is a 1991 Italian

Italy

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 comedy

Comedy

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 film

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 directed by and starring Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni

Roberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director of film, theatre and television.- Early years :...

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It tells the story of Dante, a not-so-bright school bus

School bus

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 driver whose Sicilian

Sicily

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 vacation traps him in the middle of a Mafia

Mafia

The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...

 plot involving a notorious mob informant

Informant

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, the titular Johnny Stecchino.
The film also stars Nicoletta Braschi

Nicoletta Braschi

Nicoletta Braschi is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni....

 and Paolo Bonacelli

Paolo Bonacelli

Paolo Bonacelli is an Italian actor.He is best known for his performance as The Duke de Blangis in Pasolini's notorious Salò...

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Plot

Dante (Roberto Benigni) is a hapless man who drives a school bus

School bus

A school bus is a type of bus designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school and school events...

 for a special school. One night, he accidentally meets Maria (Nicoletta Braschi), an attractive and wealthy woman from Palermo, 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.