Roberto Benigni To Host Paramount+ Original ‘Francesco Il Cantico’ On Eve Of Streamer’s Italian Launch

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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.Benigni will front the show, which is billed as “an immersive reading of one of the most iconic texts dedicated to love.” Its announcement came at a star-studded blue carpet event at the iconic Cinecittà Studios in Rome this evening, with Paramount+ still gathering pace following launches in countries such as the UK and South Korea.Further production details of Francesco Il Cantico are understood to be following at a later date.Also unveiled on the evening was a new season of comedy Vita Da Carlo, in which comedian and actor Carlo Verdone plays himself, revealing his difficult relationship with Italy’s capital Rome.

Verdone also directs the show, which bills its plot as “showing the frugal private life of a man who never denies himself to his audience, between selfies on the streets and autographs at rest stops.”Joining Benigni and Verdone on Paramount+, are the likes of Italian stars Elodie and Greta Scarano.

Elodie will appear in her first acting role in Ti Mangio Il Cuore, a film based on Carlo Bonini and Giuliano Foschini’s novel-investigation of the mafia in Foggia that was received well at the Venice International Film Festival recently, while Scarano stars in Cattleya and VIS’s drama Circeo, which recounts the events surrounding the infamous case of 1975 that changed Italian society forever.

It also go out on Rai in Italy.Other Italian series include Miss Fallaci, which debuts in 2023 and details the true story of one of the most controversial Italian and international journalism icons ever, Oriana Fallaci; Quattordici Giorni, Ivan