Giuseppe Battiston
Date of birth: 1968-07-22
Place of birth: Udine, Italy
Known for: Acting
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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.
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The Queen of Hearts
2021-09-02
Alice is 18 and afraid of falling asleep. Every night she relives the same nightmare, made of endles
Bread and Tulips
2000-03-03
An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her fam
The Tiger and the Snow
2005-10-14
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul,
Le acrobate
1997-04-18
A chemical analyst and a supermarket clerk strike up a friendship after they are brought together by
The Prince of Rome
2022-11-17
In 19th-century Papal Rome, Bartolomeo is a wealthy and greedy parvenu who craves a noble title. Whi
Days and Clouds
2007-10-26
Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michel
Agatha and the Storm
2004-02-27
The story of a middle-aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and f
The Short Night
2006-05-04
After twenty-five years, lawyer Lara Degli Esposti finds the son she had abandoned at birth is the m
Come Undone
2010-04-30
Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a
Notizie degli scavi
2010-09-09
Make a Fake
2011-05-06
Apnea
2007-02-16
La passione
2010-09-24
To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebra
One Out of Two
2007-03-02
Don't Tell
2006-01-13
Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares
Billy
2023-06-01
Billy was a child prodigy who had invented and hosted a successful music podcast at nine. He is now
Brucio nel vento
2002-01-18
For ten years, immigrant Tobias has worked at a Swiss clock factory and, in the relentless ticking,
Unlikely Revolutionaries
2010-10-22
Five ordinary people disillusioned with politics—a perennial temp, a docker, a university professor,
The Right Distance
2007-10-19
The arrival of an attractive young teacher in a small town in the Po valley disturbs the drowsy life
Amore, bugie e calcetto
2008-04-04
The Hush
2009-01-01
Argentina, 1978. On the occasion of the World Cup, two Italian journalists travel to the South Ameri
L'uomo perfetto
2005-04-29
Lucia is a young and talented advertiser but is out of luck when it comes to love. Madly in love wit
Bar Sport
2011-10-21
Inside Bar Sport, a bar on the outskirts of Bologna managed by the histrionic Onassis, the adventure
Le donne di Pasolini
2023-06-16
Our Country
2006-11-03
Set in Milan, where people's lives are invisibly lead by money in its different shapes: too much, to
Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight
2007-06-15
A man jumps into the Tiber two days before Christmas. Alessandro and Irene chat over coffee, while G
Garibaldi's Lovers
2012-10-18
A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.
The Desired War
2022-11-10
A diplomatic incident threatens to break out a war inside Europe that only an unlikely couple of bic
Zoran: My Nephew the Idiot
2013-10-31
Paolo, 40 years old, lives in a small Friulian town close to the north-eastern border. Unreliable an
The Human Factor
2013-08-28
A world-weary, widowed police inspector has to break his vow of self-isolation and get back on the f
The Swing Girls
2010-09-26
During the Fascist Regime in Italy, three Dutch sisters, Alexandra, Judith and Kitty, try to make a
Pinocchio
2022-09-07
A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.
La sedia della felicitÃ
2014-04-24
Dino craft practice tattoos, Bruna is a beautician; their studies are facing each other. They learn
At the End of the Sea
2007-01-18
Todor, a Serbian smuggler in Trieste, Italy, earns his daily bread by smuggling fake brand cigarette
Beyond Borders
2004-05-02
In nome del figlio
2008-11-16
Gianluca Sciortino is a child in the midst of the vitality of his ten years. On November 9, 1992, in
The Body
2024-11-28
Rich entrepreneur Rebecca Zuin has died from an alleged heart attack, raising suspicions on the part
Story of a Night
2025-02-27
Piero and Elisabetta loved each other very much, despite the opposition of her parents, and had thre
Un Aldo qualunque
2002-06-12
A comedy with two italian comic actors
Pizza and Dates
2015-05-28
After their mosque is expropriated and turned into a hairdresser by the landlord, a community of Mus
What a Life!
2023-01-19
Biasutti and Perbellini have the same name, Fausto, and they both hate life in the big city. They me
The Worst Days
2023-08-14
Four episodes – Christmas, May 1st (Labour Day), August 15th (Ferragosto), Halloween – to tell four
The Complexity of Happiness
2015-11-26
Enrico is a corporate man whose job is to manipulate inexperienced scions into selling their flailin
Perfect Strangers
2016-02-11
During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive
We Can Do That
2008-10-31
The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former
After the War
2017-10-19
Bologna, 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform, the assassination of a lawyer opens old wou
The Order of Things
2017-09-07
An immigration agent is torn between the job and his humanity.
The Last Prosecco
2017-10-31
The suicide of a prominent wine producer unleashes a series of mysterious murders.
Ask Me If I'm Happy
2000-12-15
Aspiring thespians Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while nurturing their dream product
A Soul Split in Two
1993-09-10
Store security guard Pietro spends his days catching shoplifters, his weekends visiting his children
Just Believe
2018-03-29
The owner of a dilapidated B&B has an idea: in order to dodge bankruptcy, he has to turn his busines
Tu mi nascondi qualcosa
2018-04-25
Hotel Gagarin
2018-05-24
An highly heterogeneous group of people go to Armenia to make a movie, all ignoring what will happen
Lucia's Grace
2018-11-22
During the evaluation of a plot of land, surveyor and distressed single mother Lucia meets a woman w
Stay Still
2021-06-17
These young women are an odd couple. Julie is quick-witted and stubborn. She celebrates idleness and
La prima neve
2013-09-05
Michele is eleven years old and lives in a small town in the mountains of Trento, with his mother an
Three Perfect Daughters
2020-07-02
Three families go into crisis when their daughters get engaged because they are convinced that their
Guarda il cielo: Stella, Sonia, Silvia
2000-11-19
Three situations about women's lives in three different periods.
Moon Landing
2020-08-20
At six, Dario watched the first Moon landing on TV, sparking a lifelong dream to reach the stars. Fo
Don't Think About It
2007-09-01
Still an unsuccessful punk rock musician at 36, Stefano returns to his hometown in the countryside t
Nemmeno in un sogno
2002-09-20
A shepherd from the mountains of a remote Asian region travels to Southern Italy, in love with what
Shun Li and the Poet
2011-09-23
A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia
Carlo Mazzacurati - A Certain Idea of Cinema
2024-08-28
Explore the life and work of acclaimed Italian filmmaker Carlo Mazzacurati, who passed away in 2014.
Come il peso dell'acqua
2014-10-01
Come fratelli
2025-06-26
Two friends who got pregnant at the same time die in an accident. Left to face the challenge of bein
Lavoreremo da grandi
2026-02-05
Three friends, Beppe, Umberto, and Gigi, await the arrival of young Toni to celebrate his newfound f
The Last Slap
2026-01-08
Siblings Petra and Jure want to re-purpose their old lakeside house. To raise money for such a ventu
Amati Matti
1996-01-01
Short Italian film starring Giuseppe Battiston