Roberto Benigni
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Roberto Benigni is Tuscany's loudest ambassador, and his riffs on Tuscan bread and wine are a genre of their own.
- Regional connection
- Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany
- Food on screen
- Life Is Beautiful (1997) put an Italian family table on the Oscars stage and turned a waiter's dining-room scenes into its emotional spine.
Why the food connection is credible
- Tuscan-born, from a farming family
- Life Is Beautiful builds much of its first act inside a restaurant dining room