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	\| director = [[Guido Chiesa]]		\| director = [[Guido Chiesa]]
	\| writer = Guido Chiesa~~<br />~~Antonio Leotti		\| writer = {{plainlist\|
	\| starring = [[Stefano Dionisi]]		* Guido Chiesa
			* Antonio Leotti
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			\| starring = {{plainlist\|
			* [[Stefano Dionisi]]
			* [[Fabrizio Gifuni]]
			* [[Andrea Prodan]]
			* [[Toni Bertorelli]]
			* [[Felice Andreasi]]
			* Alberto Gimignani
			* [[Fabio De Luigi]]
			* [[Giovanni Esposito (comedian)\|Giovanni Esposito]]
			* Barbara Lerici
			* [[Giuseppe Cederna]]
			* [[Umberto Orsini]]
			}}
	\| music = [[Alexander Bălănescu]]		\| music = [[Alexander Bălănescu]]
	\| cinematography = [[Gherardo Gossi]]		\| cinematography = [[Gherardo Gossi]]
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	\| producer = [[Domenico Procacci]]		\| producer = [[Domenico Procacci]]
	\| studio = [[Fandango (Italian company)\|Fandango]]		\| studio = [[Fandango (Italian company)\|Fandango]]
			\| country = Italy
	\| language = Italian		\| language = Italian
	\| released = 2000		\| released = {{Film date\|2000}}
	}}		}}

	'''''Il partigiano Johnny''''', internationally released as '''''Johnny the Partisan''''', is a 2000 ~~[[Cinema of Italy\|~~Italian]] [[War film\|war]] [[drama film]] set in the [[Second World War]] and directed by [[Guido Chiesa]]. It is based on the novel of the same name by [[Beppe Fenoglio]].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Gianluca Favetto\|title=Johnny, un eroe perduto\|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2000/09/03/johnny-un-eroe-perduto.html?ref=search\|access-date=3 January 2014\|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]\|date=3 September 2000}}</ref>		'''''Il partigiano Johnny''''', internationally released as '''''Johnny the Partisan''''', is a 2000 Italian [[War film\|war]] [[drama film]] set in the [[Second World War]] and directed by [[Guido Chiesa]]. It is based on the novel of the same name by [[Beppe Fenoglio]].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Gianluca Favetto\|title=Johnny, un eroe perduto\|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2000/09/03/johnny-un-eroe-perduto.html?ref=search\|access-date=3 January 2014\|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]\|date=3 September 2000}}</ref>

	The film entered the competition at the 57th Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Children and Cinema Award.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Paolo Baratta\|title=VENEZIA il Leone dell'IRAN\|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]\|date=September 2000\|page=12}}</ref>		The film entered the competition at the [[57th Venice International Film Festival]], in which it won the Children and Cinema Award.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Paolo Baratta\|title=VENEZIA il Leone dell'IRAN\|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]\|date=September 2000\|page=12}}</ref>

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Johnny, a university student with a passion for English literature, deserts the [[Royal Italian Army\|Italian Army]] in Rome after the September 1943 [[Badoglio Proclamation]], and returns home to [[Alba, Piedmont\|Alba]]. He initially takes refuge in a villa in the hills, where he devotes himself to his studies. After the death of a friend, he decides to ~~take action~~. He leaves the city and joins the first partisan formation he meets, the "[[Brigate Garibaldi\|Reds]]", led by Biondo. He doesn't share their communist ideology, only their desire to fight the [[Italian Fascism\|Fascists]].		Johnny, a university student with a passion for English literature, deserts the [[Royal Italian Army\|Italian Army]] in Rome after the September 1943 [[Badoglio Proclamation]], and returns home to [[Alba, Piedmont\|Alba]]. He initially takes refuge in a villa in the hills, where he devotes himself to his studies. After the death of a friend, he decides to fight in the war again. He leaves the city and joins the first partisan formation he meets, the "[[Brigate Garibaldi\|Reds]]", led by Biondo. He doesn't share their communist ideology, only their desire to fight the [[Italian Fascism\|Fascists]].

	Left alone after the group has dispersed under a German attack, he manages to reach a formation of the Badogliani, also called "Blues", or "Autonomous", led by the charismatic North Commander ([[Piero Balbo]], nicknamed Nord). This group is in contact with the Anglo-American allies, who are better equipped and organized. Among them, he meets his dear friend Ettore, and together they participate in the temporary, symbolic [[Republic of Alba (1944)\|occupation of Alba]].		Left alone after the group has dispersed under a German attack, he manages to reach a formation of the Badogliani, also called "Blues", or "Autonomous", led by the charismatic North Commander ([[Piero Balbo]], nicknamed Nord). This group is in contact with the Anglo-American allies, who are better equipped and organized. Among them, he meets his dear friend Ettore, and together they participate in the temporary, symbolic [[Republic of Alba (1944)\|occupation of Alba]].
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	Multiple small clashes decimate and disperse their forces, and Ettore is captured and sentenced to death. Johnny finds himself facing the hard winter of 1944 alone again. In the spring, Nord gathers the men and resumes guerrilla activities. The film ends on a still shot of Johnny engaged in combat, perhaps overwhelmed by enemies, followed by the words "Two months after the war was over".		Multiple small clashes decimate and disperse their forces, and Ettore is captured and sentenced to death. Johnny finds himself facing the hard winter of 1944 alone again. In the spring, Nord gathers the men and resumes guerrilla activities. The film ends on a still shot of Johnny engaged in combat, perhaps overwhelmed by enemies, followed by the words "Two months after the war was over".

	==Cast ~~and characters~~==		==Cast==
	* [[Stefano Dionisi]] as Johnny		* [[Stefano Dionisi]] as Johnny
	* [[Fabrizio Gifuni]] as Ettore		* [[Fabrizio Gifuni]] as Ettore
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	'''''Il partigiano Johnny''''', internationally released as '''''Johnny the Partisan''''', is a 2000 [[Cinema of Italy\|Italian]] [[War film\|war]] [[drama film]] set in the [[Second World War]] and directed by [[Guido Chiesa]]. It is based on the novel of the same name by [[Beppe Fenoglio]].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Gianluca Favetto\|title=Johnny, un eroe perduto\|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2000/09/03/johnny-un-eroe-perduto.html?ref=search\|access-date=3 January 2014\|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]\|date=3 September 2000}}</ref>		'''''Il partigiano Johnny''''', internationally released as '''''Johnny the Partisan''''', is a 2000 [[Cinema of Italy\|Italian]] [[War film\|war]] [[drama film]] set in the [[Second World War]] and directed by [[Guido Chiesa]]. It is based on the novel of the same name by [[Beppe Fenoglio]].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Gianluca Favetto\|title=Johnny, un eroe perduto\|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2000/09/03/johnny-un-eroe-perduto.html?ref=search\|access-date=3 January 2014\|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]\|date=3 September 2000}}</ref>

	The film entered the competition at the [[57th Venice International Film Festival]], in which it won the Children and Cinema Award.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Paolo Baratta\|title=VENEZIA il Leone dell'IRAN\|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]\|date=September 2000\|page=12}}</ref>		The film entered the competition at the 57th Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Children and Cinema Award.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Paolo Baratta\|title=VENEZIA il Leone dell'IRAN\|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]\|date=September 2000\|page=12}}</ref>

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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{{Short description|2000 Italian war drama film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Johnny the Partisan
| image = Johnny the Partisan.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Guido Chiesa]]
| writer = Guido Chiesa<br />Antonio Leotti
| starring = [[Stefano Dionisi]]
| music = [[Alexander Bălănescu]]
| cinematography = [[Gherardo Gossi]]
| editing =
| producer = [[Domenico Procacci]]
| studio = [[Fandango (Italian company)|Fandango]]
| language = Italian
| released = 2000
}}

'''''Il partigiano Johnny''''', internationally released as '''''Johnny the Partisan''''', is a 2000 [[Cinema of Italy|Italian]] [[War film|war]] [[drama film]] set in the [[Second World War]] and directed by [[Guido Chiesa]]. It is based on the novel of the same name by [[Beppe Fenoglio]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gianluca Favetto|title=Johnny, un eroe perduto|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2000/09/03/johnny-un-eroe-perduto.html?ref=search|access-date=3 January 2014|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=3 September 2000}}</ref>

The film entered the competition at the [[57th Venice International Film Festival]], in which it won the Children and Cinema Award.<ref>{{cite news|last=Paolo Baratta|title=VENEZIA il Leone dell'IRAN|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]|date=September 2000|page=12}}</ref>

==Plot==
Johnny, a university student with a passion for English literature, deserts the [[Royal Italian Army|Italian Army]] in Rome after the September 1943 [[Badoglio Proclamation]], and returns home to [[Alba, Piedmont|Alba]]. He initially takes refuge in a villa in the hills, where he devotes himself to his studies. After the death of a friend, he decides to take action. He leaves the city and joins the first partisan formation he meets, the "[[Brigate Garibaldi|Reds]]", led by Biondo. He doesn't share their communist ideology, only their desire to fight the [[Italian Fascism|Fascists]].

Left alone after the group has dispersed under a German attack, he manages to reach a formation of the Badogliani, also called "Blues", or "Autonomous", led by the charismatic North Commander ([[Piero Balbo]], nicknamed Nord). This group is in contact with the Anglo-American allies, who are better equipped and organized. Among them, he meets his dear friend Ettore, and together they participate in the temporary, symbolic [[Republic of Alba (1944)|occupation of Alba]].

Multiple small clashes decimate and disperse their forces, and Ettore is captured and sentenced to death. Johnny finds himself facing the hard winter of 1944 alone again. In the spring, Nord gathers the men and resumes guerrilla activities. The film ends on a still shot of Johnny engaged in combat, perhaps overwhelmed by enemies, followed by the words "Two months after the war was over".

==Cast and characters==
* [[Stefano Dionisi]] as Johnny
* [[Fabrizio Gifuni]] as Ettore
* [[Andrea Prodan]] as Pierre
* [[Alberto Gimignani]] as Biondo
* [[Claudio Amendola]] as Nord
* [[Giuseppe Cederna]] as Nemega
* [[Umberto Orsini]] as Pinin
* [[Chiara Muti]] as Elda
* [[Lina Bernardi]] as Johnny's mother
* [[Toni Bertorelli]] as Johnny's father
* [[Felice Andreasi]] as miller
* [[Barbara Lerici]] as Sonia
* [[Flavio Bonacci]] as [[Pietro Chiodi]]
* [[Antonio Petrocelli]] as [[Leonardo Cocito]]
* [[Lucio Zagaria]] as [[Dario Scaglione]]
* [[Fabio De Luigi]] as Fascist deserter
* [[Giovanni Esposito (comedian)|Giovanni Esposito]] as southern partisan
* [[Flavio Insinna]] as spy
* [[Sergio Trojano]] as Ivan
* [[Andrea Bruschi]] as Set

==See also==
* [[List of Italian films of 2000]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0206200}}

[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:2000s war films]]
[[Category:Italian war films]]
[[Category:2000s Italian-language films]]
[[Category:Films about Italian resistance movement]]
[[Category:Italian Campaign of World War II films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Guido Chiesa]]
[[Category:Italian World War II films]]
[[Category:2000s Italian films]]
[[Category:Fandango (Italian company) films]]

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