

SOMETIMES A BANANA IS JUST A BANANA!
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.
Ratings
3.5
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

Sal Borgese
Ignazio
Gaetano Campisi
Picciotto in auto

Giulio Donnini
Cardinale

Domenico Minutoli
Questore di Palermo
Georgia O'Brien
Moglie del ministro
Ignazio Pappalardo
Cozzamara
Gigliola Reina

Tony Sperandeo
Picciotto in auto

Giorgio Trestini
Portiere Hotel
Vito ZappalĂ
Maresciallo
Amedeo Carlo Mangiu
Barbiere
Luciana Pieri Palombi

Conchita Puglisi
Crew
Screenplay
Director
Director of Photography
Editor
Costume Design
First Assistant Director
Sound
Camera Operator
Production Design
Production Secretary
Assistant Camera
Gaffer
Boom Operator
Hair Department Head
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Unit Manager
Script Supervisor
Still Photographer
Assistant Costume Designer
Makeup Department Head
Key Grip
Assistant Production Design
Line Producer
Assistant Editor
Second Assistant Director
Production Manager
Sound Mixer
Original Music Composer
Details
Release Date
1991-10-24
Runtime
115 min
Original Language
Italian
Languages
Italian
Production Companies
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
Penta Film
Countries
Italy
Genres
Comedy