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French President Emmanuel Macron made history on Tuesday as he appointed 34-year-old politician Gabriel Attal as France’s youngest ever prime minister.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Roberto Benigni, whose film “Life Is Beautiful” won three Oscars in 1999, has come out of the woodwork to support Matteo Garrone’s Golden Globe-nominated “Io Capitano,” which is Italy’s current Oscar candidate for best international feature film. The revered yet reclusive Italian actor/director, whose most recent big screen role is playing Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s hit 2019 live-action adaptation of “Pinocchio,” is clearly a big fan of “Io Capitano” (the title translates to “Me Captain”). The movie narrates the Homeric journey of two young African men, Seydou and Moussa, who decide to leave Dakar to reach Europe.

The Whale as an obese gay man is nothing short of astounding. Though Fraser does not identify as gay, his performance is convincing and a marvel to watch.

EXCLUSIVE: Italian director Mario Martone, who has enjoyed prominence on the festival awards circuit over the past year with Oscar submission and Cannes title Nostalgia, is at the Berlinale this year with his passion project Somebody Down There Likes Me.

the Pinocchio through a bevy of subsequent films, from the 1965 Belgian-American “Pinocchio in Outer Space” to 21st century adaptations by Roberto Benigni, Matteo Garrone and Robert Zemeckis.But the newest “Pinocchio,” which Netflix released only three months after Zemeckis’ film, comes from Guillermo del Toro, who pulled the character out of Disney’s world and put him squarely in del Toro’s land (a move that helped avoid any sticky copyright issues). “The Disney movie Is a masterpiece, one of the great animated movies of all times,” said del Toro, whose version of the character is both brattier and more solemn.

Oscar winner Roberto Benigni is attached to Paramount+ original Francesco Il Cantico, as the global streamer prepares to launch in Italy tomorrow with more than 8,000 hours of content.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian director Matteo Garrone, who was at the 2020 Berlinale with Roberto Benigni-starrer “Pinocchio,” is set to return to the director’s chair in March with coming-of-age adventure drama “Io Capitano,” on which France’s Pathé will be handling international distribution.Garrone’s new pic, whose title translates as “I, Captain,” will be shot in Italy, Morocco and Senegal, marking the first time, Garrone –– a two-time Cannes jury prize-winner, with “Gomorrah” in 2008 and “Reality” in 2012 –– sets a feature film outside of Italy.As is customary with Garrone, story details of “Io Capitano” are being kept under wraps, besides the fact that he wrote the screenplay with regular collaborators Massimo Gaudioso and Andrea Tagliaferri and actor Massimo Ceccherini (“Pinocchio”), who also contributed to the “Pinocchio” screenplay.

Jamie Lee Curtis shows off her prestigious award inside the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on Wednesday evening (September 8) in Venice, Italy.

Two-time Oscar-winning actor-directorRoberto Benigni will receive this year's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 78th Venice International Film Festival, which runs Sept. 1- 11, organizers announced Thursday.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice Film Festival will honor Oscar-winning Italian actor/director Roberto Benigni with its 2021 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.Benigni, whose “Life Is Beautiful” – which he co-wrote, directed and starred in – won three Oscars in 1999, including best actor, recently returned to the big screen playing Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s live-action adaptation of “Pinocchio.”“Pinocchio,” which was a box office champ in Italy in 2019, has been

Also Read: Roberto Benigni's 'Pinocchio' Acquired by Roadside Attractions“When I first went to Matteo’s office, he had a little storyboard that he’d done when he was 10 years old of Pinocchio,” Coulier told TheWrap. “He wanted the story to be rooted in Italy, and particularly in the poor, rural Tuscany area.

With most Christmas blockbusters being pushed to 2021 and “Wonder Woman 1984” going to HBO Max at the same time as theaters, there’s a void in the holiday film lineup that “Pinocchio” is hoping to fill. READ MORE: Disney Considering Streaming Release For ‘Cruella’ & Others But Not For ‘Black Widow’ As seen in the trailer for “Pinocchio,” the recent Italian live-action adaptation of the classic tale is coming to the US this holiday season.

Roadside Attractions will release the English-language version of Monatteo Garrone's new imagining of the treasured family classic Pinocchio on Christmas Day in theaters across the U.S. The Italian film stars Roberto Benigni and newcomer Federico Ielapi.

EXCLUSIVE:  Roadside Attractions is opening Roberto Benigni’s new Pinocchio movie from filmmaker Matteo Garrone on Christmas Day stateside on 2,000 screens. It’s more good news for those theaters which are braving the Christmas holiday. This past Thanksgiving proved that families will venture out during the pandemic where they feel safe and head to the movies; Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age moving to a $14.2M five-day opening.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorRoadside Attractions has acquired U.S. wide theatrical release rights to Pinocchio, the live-action take on the classic tale from Matteo Garrone and starring Roberto Benigni.

By Elsa Keslassy

To call Italian writer, director and star Roberto Benigni’s live-action Pinocchio in 2002 flawed would be a gross understatement. That ignominious experiment, which featured the (then) 50-year-old Benigni as the wooden puppet that becomes a real child, had a fantastical, almost sunny tone that was lambasted for its shoddy English-language dub (whose voice cast included Glenn Close and John Cleese) for overseas markets.