As director, writer and star of the tremendously funny JOHNNY STECCHINO, Roberto Benigni has placed himself in an enviable position--someone able to work in front of, behind and alongside the camera, all with equal panache.
The film begins as an impossibly beautiful woman pours out her heart to Dante (Benigni). The sappy faced Roman looks on stoically as she pleads for forgiveness and begs him to make love. As it turns out, the girl is merely telling him the story of an earlier encounter with her old boyfriend.
Always the last guy to get the girl, Dante precariously suggests he take her home. Brushing him off like lint, she refuses. Leaving a party that night, D...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins