Director, actor and comic Roberto
Benigni on Thursday quipped that Premier Matteo Renzi had
welcomed him and another three Oscar-winning Italian directors
in the nude.
Referring to the embarrassing case of a nude statue
cover-up during the visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
earlier this week, Benigni told reporters: "Renzi brought us to
Palazzo Chigi to solve the statue problem. He welcomed us really
well: they were all in the nude, Renzi received us nude".
Renzi and Culture Minister Dario Franceschini met for more
than two hours with Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuseppe
Tornatore and Paolo Sorrentino ahead of a cabinet meeting set to
pass measures in support of the Italian film industry.
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