Antonino Bruschetta

Antonino Bruschetta

1962-01-06 Messina, Sicily, Italy 82 Credits

Biography

Ninni Bruschetta (born Antonino Bruschetta on 6 January 1962) is an Italian actor, film and stage director and screenwriter. Born in Messina, in 1983 Bruschetta co-founded with Maurizio Puglisi 'Nutrimenti terrestri', a stage company which primarily focused on subjects of social value, and was active both as an actor and a director. In 1987 he debuted as a screenwriter with the indie drama La gentilezza del tocco, and in 1989 he co-directed the indie film Private Screening. He is also very acti...

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Prophecy

Prophecy

2025

as Tizio

Acting
The Price of Nonna's Inheritance

The Price of Nonna's Inheritance

2024

as Nunzio Zampa

5.6
Acting

When a grandmother falls for a cheeky suitor with dubious intentions, her family devises a secret plan to protect her life — and their inheritance.

In fuga con Babbo Natale

In fuga con Babbo Natale

2023

6.4
Acting

On Christmas Eve, a curious child embarks on a hilarious adventure with a man he believes to be Santa Claus — but is actually an undercover thief.

Il paese dei jeans in agosto

Il paese dei jeans in agosto

2023

as Faluccio Arato

Acting
My Brother and I

My Brother and I

2023

6.1
Acting

Sofia is the black sheep of her family. She is a 28-year-old gay girl who can’t help but cheat on her partner and struggles to find a stable job. She ...

Quando

Quando

2023

as Prof. Cocco

6.1
Acting

A man wakes up from a coma that has lasted since 1984.

The Bone Breakers

The Bone Breakers

2022

as Francesco

7.1
Acting

Inside a warehouse in Palermo, a group of people smashes a man’s arm to pieces with a wheelie bag packed with weights. This is the method used by an a...

Jazz Set

2022

as Sé stesso

Acting
The Best Years

The Best Years

2022

as Eugenio

5.6
Acting

Summer 1994. Berlusconi has come into power and 16-year-old Elena, listening to Nirvana and starting to develop a political consciousness, can't wait ...

Once Were Humans

Once Were Humans

2021

as Massimo

7.0
Acting

Leo is an Italian who lives in Slovenia. Vučko is a Bosnian who arrived to Slovenia as a child refugee. Leo continues to stay in Slovenia because of h...

Querido Fidel

Querido Fidel

2021

as Tommaso

5.0
Acting
Un eretico in corsia

Un eretico in corsia

2020

as Intervistatore

6.0
Acting
La concessione del telefono

La concessione del telefono

2020

as Father Macaluso

6.7
Acting

Although Pippo Genuardi seems to have cleared his mind by marrying Taninè Schilirò, daughter of the richest man in Vigàta, he is in fact someone who i...

Tuttapposto

Tuttapposto

2019

as Giovanni Mancuso

6.5
Acting

Roberto is a student in a corrupt university where teachers sell exams and only hire friends and relatives.

Appena un minuto

Appena un minuto

2019

as Uomo poker

4.7
Acting
La stagione della caccia

La stagione della caccia

2019

as Father Macaluso

7.2
Acting

Vigàta, Sicily, Italy, 1880. Shortly after the return to the village of Fofò La Matina, pharmacist and son of the late Santo La Matina, jealous guardi...

Non ho niente da perdere

Non ho niente da perdere

2019

5.6
Acting
Tu mi nascondi qualcosa

Tu mi nascondi qualcosa

2018

as Vittorio, padre di Valeria

5.4
Acting
Il vegetale

Il vegetale

2018

as Bruno Rovazzi

5.7
Acting

Fabio struggles with a cumbersome father and a capricious and spoiled little sister who consider him a good for nothing, a “vegetable” in fact. The un...

A testa alta - Libero Grassi

A testa alta - Libero Grassi

2018

as Nino

7.4
Acting
Viola, Franca

Viola, Franca

2017

as Bernardo Viola

Acting

Sicily, 1965. Franca is being forced to marry her rapist to avoid becoming a pariah in her traditionalist community but she rebels against the establi...

Cani di razza

Cani di razza

2017

8.0
Acting
It’s My Turn

It’s My Turn

2017

as Rino Germanà

7.8
Acting

The true story of the 1992 car-bombing murder of Paolo Borsellino, an anti-Mafia crusader and Palermo judge, is recounted in this documentary drama.

The Family Jumble

The Family Jumble

2017

as Direttore di banca

5.5
Acting

A kid tries splitting his boring parents to join the group of his schoolmates who are all children of divorced mums and dads

Omicidio all'italiana

Omicidio all'italiana

2017

as Agente Viaggi

6.3
Acting

To save his crumbling and rapidly-depopulating rural town, its mayor fakes a gruesome murder to attract media attention. His plan initially succeeds, ...

I siciliani

I siciliani

2016

Acting
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

2016

as Igor Alessi

6.8
Acting

More and more parents take competitive behavior towards the teachers of their children: deny votes and programs, vaneggiano of likes, dislikes, and co...

Quel bravo ragazzo

Quel bravo ragazzo

2016

as Enrico Greco

5.3
Acting

On his deathbed, a powerful Mafia boss names his estranged son heir to his criminal empire: however, his men discover too late that the son at issue i...

C’è sempre un perché

C’è sempre un perché

2016

5.0
Acting
Where Am I Going?

Where Am I Going?

2016

as Ministro Magno

6.8
Acting

Checco is 39 and lived his entire life with his parents. He loves his job where he does nothing the whole day, until something happens that will chang...

Nomi e cognomi

Nomi e cognomi

2015

as Mario De Libertis

2.3
Acting
Basta poco

Basta poco

2015

4.0
Acting
Land of Saints

Land of Saints

2015

as Domenico Mercuri

5.6
Acting

Ambitious magistrate Vittoria (Valeria Solarino) makes the dramatic decision to relocate from the north to the south of Italy with one mission in mind...

La trattativa

La trattativa

2014

as Prof. di Teologia / PM Processo Dell'Utri

7.5
Acting

What are we talking about when we talk about negotiations? About the state's concessions to the Mafia in exchange for ending the massacres? About who ...

The Tailor's Wife

The Tailor's Wife

2014

as assessore Cordaro

4.0
Acting
Diario di un maniaco perbene

Diario di un maniaco perbene

2014

as Amico gallerista

6.0
Acting
L'assalto

L'assalto

2014

as Franco

Acting
The Mafia Kills Only in Summer

The Mafia Kills Only in Summer

2013

as Fra Giacinto

7.3
Acting

While Arturo tries to gain the love of Flora, he witnesses the history of Sicily from 1969 to 1992, miraculously dodging the crimes of the Mafia and s...

Aspirante vedovo

Aspirante vedovo

2013

as Perlasca

4.9
Acting

A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve j...

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

2013

as Adriano

6.0
Acting

Andrea is a handsome and cocky 38-year old man with a successful business career. Shallow, womanizing and a confirmed bachelor, his life seems to be j...

Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia

Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia

2013

6.3
Acting

Biographical movie on the life of Trilussa, aka Carlo Alberto Camillo Mariano Salustri. Italian poet, writer and journalist known for this works in Ro...

Viva l'Italia

Viva l'Italia

2012

as Himself

6.3
Acting

The story of a leading political man, suddenly telling “all the truth” after a serious illness and therefore overwhelming lifes of anyone surrounding ...

Tell No One

Tell No One

2012

as Rodolfo

6.1
Acting

Mattia is about to move to Madrid by his boyfriend Eduard. When the day before leaving for Spain, Eduard announces his arrival in Rome to know the "la...

To Rome with Love

To Rome with Love

2012

as Hotel Detective

5.8
Acting

Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful in...

È nata una star?

È nata una star?

2012

as Rasero

4.9
Acting

Marco, a shy teenager, learns that he has... what it takes to be a great porn star, but he doesn't know how to tell his parents. Hell breaks loose whe...

Make a Fake

Make a Fake

2011

as Ciccio Rizzuto

5.4
Acting
La donna della domenica

La donna della domenica

2011

as Vicecommissario De Palma

Acting

Based on a crime book by Italian authors Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini, first published in 1972. The story is set in the city of Turin, and deal...

Boris: The Film

Boris: The Film

2011

as Duccio Patané

6.9
Acting

A director and his crew attempt to make the transition from the small to the big screen.

Come Undone

Come Undone

2010

as Domenico's brother

5.9
Acting

Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a man who longs for a stable longterm relationship w...

Lo scandalo della Banca Romana

Lo scandalo della Banca Romana

2010

as Commissario Cavaterra

6.8
Acting
La casa sulle nuvole

La casa sulle nuvole

2009

as Bellini

Acting
Aldo Moro - Il presidente

Aldo Moro - Il presidente

2008

as Oreste Leonardi

7.5
Acting

At the end of the seventies the Red Brigades are plotting a new target to hit, the president of the Christian Democrats Aldo Moro. On 16 March 1978, t...

Il coraggio di Angela

Il coraggio di Angela

2008

as Ispettore Piccolo

6.0
Acting
Il generale Dalla Chiesa

Il generale Dalla Chiesa

2007

as Pio La Torre

6.1
Acting
L'uomo di vetro

L'uomo di vetro

2007

as Bruno Cantone

6.7
Acting
My Brother Is an Only Child

My Brother Is an Only Child

2007

as Secretary Bombacci

6.7
Acting

Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Acc...

Matchmaker

Matchmaker

2006

as Mimmo Nunnari

5.5
Acting
Golden Door

Golden Door

2006

as Italian Emigrant (voice)

6.5
Acting

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all ...

Political Target

Political Target

2006

as Spano

5.4
Acting

The return of the Red Brigade in Italy, after 11 years of silence from this terrorist organization, was a traumatic event for the entire country. Espe...

A Judge of Honor

A Judge of Honor

2004

as Antonio Cassarà (as Ninni Bruschetta)

6.9
Acting

In 1980 Paolo Borsellino was appointed with the preliminary investigations and the task of setting up a team which would later become the famous anti-...

The Life I Want

The Life I Want

2004

as Luca

6.7
Acting

A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young, ambitious co-star Laura when they are cast as the two leads in a film. Stefano m...

To Sleep Next to Her

To Sleep Next to Her

2004

as Sindacalista

5.9
Acting

A well-liked employee in a multinational firm, formerly working on peers' motivation and professional training, is given the task to fire 25 of his co...

The Vanity Serum

The Vanity Serum

2004

as Vittorio Terracciano (as Ninni Bruschetta)

5.6
Acting

A detective with PTSD investigates the disappearance of several junk TV celebrities who have all been guests at the same controversial talk show.

E Io ti seguo

E Io ti seguo

2003

as Comandante Starace

4.0
Acting

Giancarlo, a young Neapolitan animated by a great passion for journalism, is called as a correspondent in Torre Annunziata for the newspaper IL MATTIN...

I cinghiali di Portici

I cinghiali di Portici

2003

as Ciro

Acting
Lost Love

Lost Love

2003

as Luigi

5.9
Acting

Ettore, a young boy in Sicily in the 50's, is surrounded by women and is always surprised by what is happening around him. In Milan a few years later ...

One Man Up

One Man Up

2001

as Genny

7.1
Acting

Two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, see their lives go downhill in 1980s Naples. One is a crooner embroiled in a sex scandal; the other is a football...

Lupo mannaro

Lupo mannaro

2000

as Anatomopatologo

4.5
Acting

Police chief Romeo becomes convinced that affluent professional Velasco is a serial killer known for mauling his victims with his teeth, but nobody be...

One Hundred Steps

One Hundred Steps

2000

as Anthony

7.8
Acting

Peppino Impastato is a quick-witted lad growing up in 1970s Sicily. Despite hailing from a family with Mafia ties and living just one hundred steps fr...

First Light of Dawn

First Light of Dawn

2000

as Mirko Zappalà

7.0
Acting

Lucio Gaudino directs this family drama about a pair of brothers grudgingly reunited after their parents are killed by Mafia extortionists. After lear...

The Prince's Manuscript

The Prince's Manuscript

2000

8.2
Acting

A solitary, disappointed, proud and educated old man meets and becomes the teacher of an intelligent, clumsy, middle-class, young would-be writer.

Before the Sunset

Before the Sunset

1999

as Domenico

Acting

A young Moroccan immigrant, living in southern Italy, escapes from his forthcoming wedding to the daughter of a local Mafia member to a hotel where he...

Fiabe metropolitane

1998

as Francesco

Acting

Five untitled episodes: a businessman visits prostitutes before returning to his wife; an extra falls asleep at the cinema; a farmhand faces an Easter...

Un'isola d'inverno

Un'isola d'inverno

1998

as Stefano

Acting
Black Holes

Black Holes

1995

as cliente

6.1
Acting

The impossible love between one prostitute, managing a bunch of handicapped prostitutes, and the homosexual Adamo. In the horrible suburb of Napoli we...

Law of Courage

Law of Courage

1994

as Sostituto procuratore Di Salvo

6.8
Acting

The true story of Rosario Livatino, a young judge in Sicily in the early 1980s, who have been nicknamed 'The Boy Judge' from the President of the Repu...

Libera

Libera

1993

as Pistoletta

7.0
Acting

Three separate women endure trouble with the men in their lives.

Nessuno

Nessuno

1992

Writer

Writing

A young man gradually retreats from reality after his mother falls into a coma.

Ladri di futuro

Ladri di futuro

1992

as Corrado

4.5
Acting

Everyday people, everyday stories. Normal, therefore special. They crave for a tomorrow what they haven't got today: the man or the woman of their dre...

Visioni private

Visioni private

1990

as Carlo

Acting
Visioni private

Visioni private

1990

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

Italia '90: lavori in corso

1990

Director

Directing

Independent documentary about the hidden side of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.