Roberto Benigni is the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 78th Venice International Film Festival:
this was announced by the Biennale.
The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Venice Biennale, which adopted the proposal of the director of the exhibition Alberto Barbera.
"My heart is filled with joy and gratitude - comments Benigni -.
It is an immense honor to receive such high recognition for my work from the Venice International Film Festival".
"Since its inception, which took place under the banner of an innovative and disrespectful wave of rules and traditions, Roberto Benigni has established himself in the panorama of the Italian show as an unprecedented and unparalleled figure of reference", said the director of the exhibition. of the Cinema of Venice,
Alberto Barbera
.
"Alternating his appearances on theatrical stages - continues Barbera -, film sets and television studios with surprising results from time to time, he has imposed himself on everyone by virtue of his exuberance and impetuousness, the generosity with which he gives himself to the public and the joyfulness passionate that is perhaps the most original figure of his creations ".
"With admirable eclecticism, without ever giving up being himself - Barbera remembers - he went from taking on the role of one of the most extraordinary comedians in the rich gallery of Italian performers, to those of a memorable director capable of making films of enormous popular impact, to ultimately become the most appreciated interpreter and popularizer of Dante's 'Divine Comedy' ".
An
excited and overwhelming Roberto Benigni, in his homage to Dante at the Quirinale, says that the Supreme Poet "tells us that we will embrace again"
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