After diplomas for artistic merit received halfway around the world (in Toronto, Thessaloniki, Leuven, Florence, Bologna, Israel, and other places), Roberto Benigni picked up a new honorary degree from Notre Dame University. At a solemn ceremony, the 71-year-old actor and director exclaimed "I don't deserve it" and said "Thank you, thank you, thank you very much, this university is the most prestigious in the world and from today, after this honorary doctorate, even more so. If I could, I would do a dance to express all my joy”. He doesn't but it's still a Benigni show, everyone on their feet applauding the actor and director who won two Oscars in 1999 for "Life is beautiful”. But when will he return to direct a film? "Now I would love to make a personal film, full of feelings, full of joy, maybe small but intended to give lightheartedness in this moment so full of suffering for the world. Pain and joy go hand in hand, and the job of artists is to give joy”.
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