(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 15 - "The 78th edition of the Venice Biennal awards Roberto Benigni with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in an edition that promises to be special, a true symbol of restart for the country. Happy for him who confirms a great artist, ironic and irreverent, appreciated all over the world but also a great man of culture ". This was stated by the president of Italia Viva, Ettore Rosato.
"It represents the Italy of entertainment which, after this period of such great difficulty, will be able to find the strength to stand up and smile again", he concludes. (HANDLE).