Giuseppe Battiston
Acting
Biography
Giuseppe Battiston (22 July 1968) is an Italian film, TV, and stage actor, director, writer, and producer. Born in Udine, he graduated from the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Arts in Milan. He is the winner of 3 David di Donatello awards. He is perhaps best known to worldwide audiences for Pinocchio (2022) on Disney + where he played Stromboli. His most notable films are Perfect Strangers (2016), Bread & Tulips (2000), La Passione (2010). Giuseppe made his directorial debut with Io Vivo Altrove! (2023) Giuseppe, or Beppe Battiston as he is sometimes credited, has frequently collaborated with directors Silvio Soldini, Carlo Mazzacurati, and Antonio Padovan. On screen he plays the title character of Stucky, a Treviso detective.
Born: July 22, 1968
Place of Birth: Udine, Italy
Known For
Stucky
On duty at the Treviso Police Headquarters, Stucky is an apparently absent-minded inspector, often underestimated, who is guided by his instinct, curiosity and out-of-the-box thinking. He appears to be modeled after Lieutenant Colombo, down to the trenchcoat and the ever-present cigar.
Guarda il cielo: Stella, Sonia, Silvia
Three situations about women's lives in three different periods.
Perfect Strangers
During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.
Ask Me If I'm Happy
Aspiring thespians Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while nurturing their dream production of Cyrano de Bergerac, until love for the same woman tears their friendship apart. Three years later, Giovanni and Giacomo reunite after learning that Aldo is dying.
I wanted to be a rock star
Olivia is a 27-year-old girl in an existential crisis who finds herself quickly becoming an adult and responsible to raise her twin girls alone and keep a slacker brother out of trouble. An accident opens her eyes to the fact that she has only one life and that, perhaps, it is worth trying to change it to realize some of the dreams that she has put aside.
Tutti pazzi per amore
Paolo Giorgi and Laura Del Fiore, coincidentally approaching their forties, find themselves sharing the ups and downs of life with growing children, extended families, and a hilarious love story.
The Last Slap
Siblings Petra and Jure want to re-purpose their old lakeside house. To raise money for such a venture, they get involved in the search for a lost dog, hoping to get a substantial financial reward. They cross paths with the ruthless entrepreneur Nicola. When their plan turns sour, Christmas turns into a nightmare riddled with slaps and plot twists.
We Can Do That
The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and little hope of reintegrating into society. With the intention of actually improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them although, regardless of intention, there is sometimes a price to pushing boundaries too quickly.
La prima neve
Michele is eleven years old and lives in a small town in the mountains of Trento, with his mother and his paternal grandfather Pietro; his father has recently died. The boy’s pain meets that of Dani, a boy from Togo, who is a total ‘stranger’ to that place covered in snow which he has never seen before in his life.
Bread and Tulips
An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.
Filmography
as Don Attilio
as Agente immobiliare
as Piero
as Ispettore Corrado Cosser
as Antonio (segment "Primo Maggio")
as Narrator
as Massimo
as Fausto Biasutti
as Papa Borgia
as Mauro
as Stromboli
as Psicologo
as Rainer
as Dario Cavalieri
as Sergio
as Francesco Colombo
as Paolo
as Nicola
as Francesco
as Marco Cilio
as Bertolini
as Ispettore Stucky
as Marco Lamberti
as Luigi Coiazzi
as Giacomo Sanna
as Peppe
as Carlo Bernini
as Bepi
as Self
as Father Weiner
as Paolo
as Fabio
as Carlo Levi
as Amanzio
as Onassis, il barista
as Devis
as Carmine
as Bauer
as Pier Maria Canapa Canapone
as Ramiro
as Il Professore
as Alessio
as Alberto Nardini
as Ugo
as Dottor Freiss
as Dott. Frisanti
as Dr. Federico Furlan
as Carlo
as Mina
as Vito
as Amos
as Alberto Nardini
as Vittorio
as Paolo
as Renato
as Otello
as Stefano
as Andrea Negri
as Ermanno
as Simone
as dottor Biamonti
as Romeo
as Zicarico
as Caimano
as Janek (voice)
as Beppe, the thief
as Costantino Maria Caponangeli
as Ettore Mondini
as Gas Pump Attendant