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Love is the seed from which the story germinates. The first half of the film--which takes places against the beautiful landscape of a Tuscan village in the early 1940s--follows Benigni's character, a hapless, intelligent and endearing waiter named Guido, as he courts a local schoolteacher, Dora (Nicoletta Braschi). Dora, who is engaged to a Fascist official, falls for his antics from the start, though it takes time for her to decide to leave her other life behind...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Is 'Life' Really Beautiful? | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

Only last October, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI declared himself "incredibly monogamous," and Adua, his wife of 35 years, concurred. But in Barbados, the Italian weekly Chi snapped Big Luciano--as he's known back home--and his secretary NICOLETTA MANTOVANI Making a certain sort of music together. Chi reports that the tenor has finally proclaimed his love for his 26-year-old aide. "Nicoletta and I are very happy, as you can see. To hide it or to deny it would be a crime," he said. "She is my favorite of my harem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 4, 1996 | 3/4/1996 | See Source »

...Wolfman Jack with a Valium temperment. Robertc Benigni starts out as a Chico Marx knock-off with a fondness for "famous American poet Bob Frost," but his character grows into the most capable and sympathetic of the trio, winning the hearts of both the audience and the beautiful Nicoletta (Nicoletta Braschi...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Cinema Veritas | 10/10/1986 | See Source »

Raffaello de Banfield: Lord Byron's Love Letter (Astrid Varnay. Gertrude Ribla, Mario Carlin. Nicoletta Carruba; Academy Symphony Orchestra of Rome, conducted by Nicola Rescigno; RCA Victor). An adventurous musical reading of Tennessee Williams' curdled little tale about a New Orleans lady of reduced circumstances who supports herself and her granddaughter, illegitimately descended from Lord Byron, by displaying a love letter she received from Byron in the "gold and azure days'" of their love affair. Italian Composer Banfield's score offers some green and willowy moments of vocal beauty, but its lush-styled orchestration is finally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Dec. 1, 1958 | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

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