Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Roberto Benigni
Director, Actor
La Luna (1979)- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Alida Valli… - A wayward young junkie cuddles up to his Opera–singing mother (Jill Clayburgh) in this peculiar incest drama, shot in lush Bertolucci overtones.
Down by Law (1988)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, John Lurie - Three disparate misfits become friends after sharing an escape from a crummy Southern jail. Art and humour rarely mix better than in this eccentric…
Night On Earth (1991)- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Winona Ryder, Beatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni - An exotic excursion through five cities in five taxis; Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki. The clever blend of pathos, humour and…
Johnny Stecchino (1992)- Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni - Celebrated comedian Roberto Benigni, also co–writes and directs this tale of a meek bus–driver mistaken for a notorious gangster. The…
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Claudia Cardinale, Herbert Lom - Eighth sequel (no less) to the Pink Panther series has the elastic Roberto Benigni cast as Inspector Clouseau's son in another accident–prone…
Life Is Beautiful (La vita e bella) (1998)- Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni - Winner of both Best Foreign Film and Best Actor Oscars (a first for an actor speaking a foreign tongue) as well as the top prize at Cannes, Roberto…
Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar (1999)- Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Roberto Benigni - An ambitious, 'live–action' adaptation of Goscinny and Uderzo's classic Roman Age comicbook. Visually lavish, this was a box–office…
Pinocchio (2002)- Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni - Pre–eminent Italian comic Roberto Benigni stages the greatest Italian fairytale as a prestige project, but belly–flops perhaps namely…
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop… - A compendium of whimsical b&w shorts from lapsidaisical indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, set around various celebrity encounters over nicotine and…
Tiger and the Snow, The (2006)- Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi… - Italian jester Roberto Benigni unites comedy and tragedy within the throws of the Iraq war, playing a poet who follows his true love (real life…
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