Giuseppe Battiston
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.846 |
| Birthday | 1968-07-22 |
| Place of Birth | Udine, Italy |
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2021
The Queen of Hearts
6.5/6
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The Queen of Hearts
2000
Bread and Tulips
7.154/315
An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful...
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Bread and Tulips
2005
The Tiger and the Snow
6.742/506
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittor...
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The Tiger and the Snow
1997
Le acrobate
5.792/12
A chemical analyst and a supermarket clerk strike up a friendship after they are brought together by the death of an elderly woman.
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Le acrobate
2022
The Prince of Rome
5.731/65
In 19th-century Papal Rome, Bartolomeo is a wealthy and greedy parvenu who craves a noble title. While trying to raise the money he needs to strike a...
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The Prince of Rome
2007
Days and Clouds
6.764/72
Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced t...
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Days and Clouds
2004
Agatha and the Storm
6.094/53
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Agatha and the Storm
2006
The Short Night
0/0
After twenty-five years, lawyer Lara Degli Esposti finds the son she had abandoned at birth is the main suspect in a murder case.
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The Short Night
2010
Come Undone
5.881/194
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Come Undone
2011
Make a Fake
5.382/34
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Make a Fake
2010
Notizie degli scavi
6.3/5
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Notizie degli scavi
2007
Apnea
7.4/6
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Apnea
2010
La passione
6.337/43
To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
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La passione
2007
One Out of Two
5.094/16
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One Out of Two
2006
Don't Tell
6.1/90
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Don't Tell
2023
Billy
4.857/7
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Billy
2002
Brucio nel vento
6.667/6
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Brucio nel vento
2010
Unlikely Revolutionaries
5.712/73
Five ordinary people disillusioned with politics—a perennial temp, a docker, a university professor, a TV reporter, and a convict—decide to kidnap a p...
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Unlikely Revolutionaries
2007
The Right Distance
6.924/72
The arrival of an attractive young teacher in a small town in the Po valley disturbs the drowsy life of the place, leading eventually to a murder.
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The Right Distance
2008
Amore, bugie e calcetto
5.823/223
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Amore, bugie e calcetto
2009
The Hush
6.2/5
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The Hush
2005
L'uomo perfetto
6.066/113
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L'uomo perfetto
2011
Bar Sport
5.013/239
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Bar Sport
2023
Le donne di Pasolini
0/0
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Le donne di Pasolini
2006
Our Country
5.385/13
Set in Milan, where people's lives are invisibly lead by money in its different shapes: too much, too little, stolen, earned, visible and even impalpa...
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Our Country
2007
Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight
5.6/5
A man jumps into the Tiber two days before Christmas. Alessandro and Irene chat over coffee, while Giorgio and Mariella discuss love and sex. Pietro c...
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Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight
2012
Garibaldi's Lovers
6.6/44
A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.
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Garibaldi's Lovers
2022
The Desired War
4.854/41
A diplomatic incident threatens to break out a war inside Europe that only an unlikely couple of bickering lovers seems able to stop.
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The Desired War
2013
Zoran: My Nephew the Idiot
6.2/56
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Zoran: My Nephew the Idiot
2013
The Human Factor
5/17
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The Human Factor
2010
The Swing Girls
5.8/4
During the Fascist Regime in Italy, three Dutch sisters, Alexandra, Judith and Kitty, try to make a career as popular singers.
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The Swing Girls
2022
Pinocchio
6.246/1776
A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.
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Pinocchio
2014
La sedia della felicità
5.629/105
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La sedia della felicità
2007
At the End of the Sea
6.5/1
Todor, a Serbian smuggler in Trieste, Italy, earns his daily bread by smuggling fake brand cigarettes. He sails out in a small boat to collect his fre...
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At the End of the Sea
2004
Beyond Borders
7.167/3
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Beyond Borders
2008
In nome del figlio
0/0
Gianluca Sciortino is a child in the midst of the vitality of his ten years. On November 9, 1992, in Rome, Gianluca goes to school like every morning,...
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In nome del figlio
2024
The Body
6.531/131
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The Body
2025
Story of a Night
6/30
Piero and Elisabetta loved each other very much, despite the opposition of her parents, and had three children with whom they formed a seemingly indis...
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Story of a Night
2002
Un Aldo qualunque
4.536/14
A comedy with two italian comic actors
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Un Aldo qualunque
2015
Pizza and Dates
4.133/15
After their mosque is expropriated and turned into a hairdresser by the landlord, a community of Muslims in Venice search for a new location. A young...
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Pizza and Dates
2023
What a Life!
5.625/16
Biasutti and Perbellini have the same name, Fausto, and they both hate life in the big city. They meet by chance during a trip for amateur photographe...
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What a Life!
2023
The Worst Days
5.869/130
Four episodes – Christmas, May 1st (Labour Day), August 15th (Ferragosto), Halloween – to tell four stories that delve into the human soul.
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The Worst Days
2015
The Complexity of Happiness
5.96/100
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The Complexity of Happiness
2016
Perfect Strangers
7.852/4679
During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.
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Perfect Strangers
2008
We Can Do That
7.255/218
The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychi...
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We Can Do That
2017
After the War
6.9/22
Bologna, 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform, the assassination of a lawyer opens old wounds between Italy and France. Former far-left terr...
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After the War
2017
The Order of Things
6.5/44
An immigration agent is torn between the job and his humanity.
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The Order of Things
2017
The Last Prosecco
5.8/119
The suicide of a prominent wine producer unleashes a series of mysterious murders.
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The Last Prosecco
2000
Ask Me If I'm Happy
7.652/1738
Aspiring thespians Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while nurturing their dream production of Cyrano de Bergerac, until love for the same...
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Ask Me If I'm Happy
1993
A Soul Split in Two
6.833/6
Store security guard Pietro spends his days catching shoplifters, his weekends visiting his children who are in custody of his ex-wife, and his nights...
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A Soul Split in Two
2018
Just Believe
6.08/357
The owner of a dilapidated B&B has an idea: in order to dodge bankruptcy, he has to turn his business into a place of worship—a tax-free activity, whe...
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Just Believe
2018
Tu mi nascondi qualcosa
5.428/97
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Tu mi nascondi qualcosa
2018
Hotel Gagarin
6.2/137
An highly heterogeneous group of people go to Armenia to make a movie, all ignoring what will happen to each of them.
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Hotel Gagarin
2018
Lucia's Grace
5.9/122
During the evaluation of a plot of land, surveyor and distressed single mother Lucia meets a woman who claims to be the Virgin Mary.
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Lucia's Grace
2021
Stay Still
5/14
These young women are an odd couple. Julie is quick-witted and stubborn. She celebrates idleness and even voluntarily checks into a psychiatric clinic...
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Stay Still
2013
La prima neve
7.3/27
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...
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La prima neve
2020
Three Perfect Daughters
5.93/284
Three families go into crisis when their daughters get engaged because they are convinced that their young daughters have all chosen a wrong partner.
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Three Perfect Daughters
2000
Guarda il cielo: Stella, Sonia, Silvia
8/3
Three situations about women's lives in three different periods.
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Guarda il cielo: Stella, Sonia, Silvia
2020
Moon Landing
6.8/85
At six, Dario watched the first Moon landing on TV, sparking a lifelong dream to reach the stars. For the rest of his life, the ingenious curmudgeon b...
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Moon Landing
2008
Don't Think About It
6.5/50
Still an unsuccessful punk rock musician at 36, Stefano returns to his hometown in the countryside to help with his family's business.
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Don't Think About It
2002
Nemmeno in un sogno
7.333/3
A shepherd from the mountains of a remote Asian region travels to Southern Italy, in love with what he saw on Italian television. There, he accidental...
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Nemmeno in un sogno
2011
Shun Li and the Poet
7/72
A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in...
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Shun Li and the Poet
2024
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
0/0
Explore the life and work of acclaimed Italian filmmaker Carlo Mazzacurati, who passed away in 2014. It delves into his distinctive poetic style, blen...
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Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
2014
Come il peso dell'acqua
0/0
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Come il peso dell'acqua
2025
Come fratelli
6.414/29
Two friends who got pregnant at the same time die in an accident. Left to face the challenge of being both fathers and widowers, their respective husb...
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Come fratelli
2026
Lavoreremo da grandi
5.39/68
Three friends, Beppe, Umberto, and Gigi, await the arrival of young Toni to celebrate his newfound freedom. After an evening of heavy drinking at the...
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Lavoreremo da grandi
2026
The Last Slap
7.2/4
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...
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The Last Slap
1996
Amati Matti
0/0
Short Italian film starring Giuseppe Battiston
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Amati Matti
2007
Peopling The Palaces
10/1
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