Roberto Benigni is not only recognized as the most political comedian in Italy, he is also a Nobel Peace Prize winner - 2002. He gained wide popularity and love for shooting in the films "Asterix and Obelix against Caesar" and "Pinocchio". The main female roles of his films are played by his wife.
Biography
The talented Italian Roberto Benigni was born in the poor village of Misericordia, picturesque Tuscany, in 1952. The family lived very modestly. Parents were looking for any way to earn money to feed their family. But the money was sorely lacking, and it was extremely difficult to feed and raise four children (three girls and a boy). It was hard to survive. Severe conditions of existence led to the fact that in childhood Roberto was a weak boy and often sick, but in spite of everything, he did not lose heart.
In addition, Benigna always stood out from the crowd. He was different from other children in his successful comedic tricks. And the school teacher (priest) liked the extraordinary abilities of the boy. The priest invited Roberto to the Jesuit church school (Society of Jesus). However, the lively nature and great enthusiasm did not allow Roberto to stay there for a long time. During the flood, he escaped from a Jesuit school. At that time, his attention was attracted by a traveling circus, to which he joined. Roberto did not like physical labor, but his creative work from childhood brought him great pleasure. He became a poet. Roberto's creativity deeply sunk into the souls of the villagers. And from that moment he decided to conquer Rome. Roberto received his education at the Industrial and Commercial Institute of Prato, where he learned to be an accountant and in parallel was associated with the theater.
Career
Then young Roberto came to the theater of Satire. However, unfortunately, they began to be biased towards the village guy. Roberto was very hard. But he did not despair, he tried to overcome this bias by persistent reading of books at night. He studied a lot of literature and became a highly educated person.
Acquaintance with the director Giuseppe Bertolucci brought the talented young actor popularity. And in 1977, Roberto became already widely known to the Italian public. He is invited to take part in many films whose genres are completely diverse.
So, he was able to try himself in different roles. He is invited to America, films with his participation are already gaining world fame. Since 1980, the famous Beninius himself begins to successfully release films. He became the winner of many awards, including state, as well as various awards ("BAFTA", "Oscar", "Cesar", "Silver Ribbon" and others).
Disagreement of Stephen Allan Spielberg and Roberto Benigni
Stephen did not like the tragicomedy Life is Beautiful. However, it was this film that brought Roberto world fame and was awarded the Academy Award three times. But Stephen did not understand its meaning and was extremely critical of it. Roberto tried to explain to Steven the value of the film, but it was useless. According to eyewitnesses, Stephen didn’t like how Roberto ran along the back of his chair for a prize and accidentally stepped on Stephen’s head. But at that moment Roberto was so happy that he even proclaimed himself king of the world.
Prophetic dreams
When Roberto was still in childhood, he twice dreamed of a white horse. She told him: Oscar. Roberto was outraged, because he is not an Oscar. He could not interpret the dream then. Concerned by an incomprehensible dream, Roberto turned to the fortuneteller, but even she could not explain. After some time, it turned out that Roberto's dreams were prophetic.
Personal life
Roberto Benigni Monogamous. At the Roman Academy of Dramatic Art, he met actress Nicoletta Braschi. Having met the charming Nicoletta, Roberto could not resist her charm. Then he starred in the same movie with her. For many years they had a fruitful collaboration and a beautiful romance. And in 1991 they secretly played a wedding. Roberto never cheats on his wife. Travels extremely rarely. For these reasons, fans do not like him. They directly speak about it in blogs.
Roberto and Nicoletta trust each other. They have sincere and pure love. Nicoletta Braschi is not only his wife, but also the performer of the main female roles in the films of her husband. As Roberto says, Nicoletta is his only muse. She inspires a talented actor and director. Moreover, each time in his films he confesses love to her in different ways. Nicoletta herself loves to act in her husband’s films and selects the films of the directors with whom he has already worked.
How Roberto Charmed Nicoletta
In her interviews, which are mainly aimed at the Italian public and distributed in Italian, Nicoletta enthusiastically talks about Roberto. She likes his ridicule and lively character. She considers Roberto a simple and witty person, says that it is easy to communicate with him. Roberto deftly knows how to make people laugh and cry, easily speaks of painful problems. He has a special gift - it is so flexible to intertwine the comic with the tragic that sometimes it is even impossible to determine their difference. Roberto is the soul of any society. This is an extraordinary person who cannot be forgotten.
