"Life Is Beautiful" Wins Foreign Language Film: 1999 Oscars

Italy wins the Oscar for Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, accepted by Roberto Benigni and presented by Sophia Loren. Watch more of the 1999 Oscars: • 1999 Oscars

[@Oscars]

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[@FortiethDoor47]

hello

[@Marina-u5t]

I like

[@guitarmatricide4834]

THIS is how you accept an Oscar.

[@cuerollen]

Getting to hug Sophia wasn't so bad either, I'm sure... BONUS!

[@emmaburke628]

But if everybody did it it would get boring

[@hrebec97ify]

Here, here. This was as genuine as it gets.

[@KM-pn1vk]

Al Amendolare i'll drink to that. greatest oscar acceptence of all time. honorable mention goes to robin williams winning for good will hunting. that was hilarious and amazing as well.

[@johnhaggard829]

Al Amendolare I'd sent a native american to pick it for me

[@opheliaplays6131]

as an Italian: this is the most italian thing ever.

[@erinpilla]

As a foreigner I was thinking the same LOL

[@giusyvalenti]

True hihihi

[@francescocassani6612]

Come fai a banalizzare così una cosa del genere

[@Jey_Frost]

Top stanis

[@roecal342]

Francamente una pagliacciata

[@acicononfracico4802]

"Roberto" "Robbbberto!" "ROBBBBERTOOOO!"

[@katyxboo8922]

ROPPPERTO

[@SIRiya688]

Robbbberto

[@mrmrmr8563]

Roppongi

[@rhelyputra4680]

Robert

[@vinnayt]

That's power. She didnt even announce the film. Just his name. Voices from the void. Even Bong didnt get that.

[@mauriziopacilli7801]

Best Oscar speech ever; no hypocrisy, no morals, no false modesty, just a genuine explosion of joy and thank you.

[@frankgalva-kt8yw]

😂😂😂 ma questo é un uomo di merda, é tutto preparato a tavolino

[@ijnfleetadmiral]

Only matched by Brendan Fraser in 2023.

[@Haloitzchris]

No slapping Chris rock

[@moviefan700]

what do you mean no morals? I think thanking everyone is quite a good moral to have

[@mauriziopacilli7801]

@@moviefan700 I mean no false speeches about climate change when they go around in private jets.

[@Zere94Joke]

"Robbberto!" E' storia.

[@robertoteneriello7958]

Attore mediocre

[@pasqualegrisafi9277]

@@robertoteneriello7958 Italiano mediocre.. Cioè te

[@robertoteneriello7958]

@@pasqualegrisafi9277 no io lui....il finto comunista a soldo della rai

[@sieben8724]

@@robertoteneriello7958 Dopo anni non riesco a capire, se anche fosse comunista, che importa? È un attore, mica un politico E poi, a soldo della rai, quindi? Saranno cazzi suoi, secondo me Benigni ha ucciso la sua comicità mettendosi a leggere la divina commedia, ma non lo insulto per questo, non me ne frega proprio un cazzo E tu dovresti fare lo stesso ragionamento e imparare a considerare le persone per quello che sono, lui è un attore, prendilo come tale e non sforzarti di scrivere minchiate del genere nei commenti, perdi solo tempo

[@TheBrendawalsh9021o]

@@robertoteneriello7958 ma sotto un video del genere commenti con ste cagate? Non ti vergogni?

[@nickyholgate588]

Sophia's reaction when she read out Roberto's name was wonderful.Two Italians celebrating together :-))

[@CocacolaBoy83]

so true

[@adolfoalbornoz3730]

yeah but it wasn't a coincidence. obviously the organization did it on purpose

[@tasis3835]

@@raheemking7002 e chi lo impicca

[@raheemking7002]

@@tasis3835 giusto fra, viva la democrazia

[@giovannicroce2110]

@@raheemking7002 Fra ti amo

[@CaioBogoni]

"They gave me the biggest gift... poverty" That line is pure gold.

[@raiderrodriguez]

I think it is because you learn a lot from poverty, many things about life that you cannot learn if you're a rich-born guy.

[@sbchelldiver]

Humility...a Great gift...most people don't get it, that poverty, can be a great school, a great university...

[@Aurora-qn2dx]

He meant that they had nothing but his parents gave him everything like humility,experience,appriciation,gratitude, love.

[@moisemensah8233]

@@Aurora-qn2dx and grit, resilience, patience, motivation and hope.

[@zhan_rossoneri]

I cried during that moment.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

"Roberto!" "Roberto!" "ROBERTOOO!" Absolutely epic.

[@giuliaaimasso3109]

🎉❤❤❤❤❤ the great moment❤

[@lauramazz1]

no se puede negar que son itailanos jaja

[@ignaziomormando8990]

Robbbertoo

[@mikaku]

See? You are smiling. That's a reaction of your brain, you smile when you watch genuine happyness. And thats what Roberto Begnini is.

[@majed6289]

🤨

[@alessiacontro]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@nadiaamadu7307]

I wasnt smiling-

[@deeznutz1357]

@@nadiaamadu7307 e sti cazzi

[@riccardostoffella5560]

@@nadiaamadu7307 ah cool

[@navedqureshi4412]

I am sure he hasn't written or prepared this speech. It came directly from his heart.

[@user-ji8ll1qn6o]

that's why it was a bit of a mess lol

[@taglegar1]

Sure!

[@marcoscognamiglio1750]

You're right....that's Roberto Benigni! Pure and genuine Roberto

[@hisokayami7816]

È un grande

[@onizukathegame4808]

Like all italians xd

[@listeningdeeply7007]

"Love is a divinity, and sometimes if you have faith, a divinity can appear. That's why I want to dedicate this prize to Nicoletta Braschi". He's calling his wife a divinity. I love it

[@isthatyou6715]

Finally someone commenting on this. I don't think they really understood this, but it's wonderful ❤

[@michelleagurto8355]

Omg 😭❤️❤️❤️

[@andreabruno1022]

Dolce Stil Novo

[@moisemensah8233]

What a beautiful soul he is. That line was romantic!

[@giorgioscapparonesuma9151]

@@isthatyou6715 I think they were more like "WTF is Nicoletta Braschi?!" :D

[@e_G_o_05]

Doesn’t matter what year the Oscar clip I watch is from... Meryl is ALWAYS there.

[@milenkang4003]

Lmfao true

[@heymoon3725]

my thoughts exactly lol I don’t watch oscars, but rarely do some acceptance speeches of beloved creators and in every single video from different year I see Merck too and get surprised lol

[@user-ji8ll1qn6o]

like a statue

[@jessicahoward9046]

That's because when The Oscars appear, Meryl manifests. Similar things happen with Live Aid songs, Bono just pops up without notice

[@labibasahlah]

@@jessicahoward9046 haha Bono.. So truee

[@Mr.Tin_88]

2:31 "I want to thank my parents for giving me the best gift: the poverty" What a legend.

[@ferraridassa6393]

Life Roberto Benigni kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIS3dod6npmqgqM

[@lucamalvicini2190]

The audience didn't understand the message

[@Mr.Tin_88]

@@lucamalvicini2190 it's obvious. What do they know about poverty?

[@dan-ob7zh]

@@Mr.Tin_88 Yes, but you can say that more credibly if you have some millions in your bank account, like Benigni indeed

[@dan-ob7zh]

No poor would make the apology of poverty actually

[@rudigercabral5072]

This guy should have won an oscar for his acceptance speech

[@no1hotterk936]

Bro so true!

[@Garyruizjr]

I mean he did win Best Actor as well! 😂

[@tatas6769]

His name is ROBERTOOOO

[@federicogentili5827]

Sono italiano e questo è uno dei più corrotti servi del sistema Che schifo.

[@simonemanganelli4126]

@@federicogentili5827 perché?

[@emanuelp7084]

Che bello rivederlo nel 2020

[@gianpaolo3340]

orgoglio nazionale

[@lucamogliani3594]

Bellissimo guarda una cosa da non dimenticare

[@dylanket7109]

Assolutamente si

[@forlinees]

Ha vinto 2 premi ma qua ha vinto?

[@pinixvii2351]

@@forlinees 3

[@evanfaust8672]

The best thing about this is that the score from his movie that was playing paired PERFECTLY with his reaction. It feels like you’re literally watching a scene in a movie. So awesome.

[@holychrist8656]

Exactly

[@Isobel152]

"It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation." - Roberto Benigni

[@invaderos2512]

+Isobel152 Well, this is a terrible statement

[@Mayrita77]

+Invader'Os Why?? I think it's great

[@invaderos2512]

+Eli Dumelie So if a guy is particularly shy and unable to demonstrate gratitude like he does he's automatically mediocre? This is madness

[@Mayrita77]

+Invader'Os haha nah, don't be extremist, relax ;)

[@invaderos2512]

+Eli Dumelie I just recognise this is bullshit.

[@Furtivo95]

“Those who are not here. They gave their lives so that we could say life is beautiful”.

[@conan6659]

What an incredible cit

[@m.p.946]

Mío Dio, che belle parole!!! ❤️❤️🇻🇪😘

[@dareallexx4820]

Oh yeah ❤ And that's what his character from movie did for his son 💘💘

[@GuitarRock86]

"I thanks my parents, they gave me the biggest gift, the poverty" they laught but he was honest.

[@savedfaves]

They laugh because they know it's the truth. It's ironic because it's what made him.

[@mancio6786]

They give him the humility

[@martinomordenti8347]

Lol

[@ronniehaviv695]

I don’t understand why people are hating on him winning an Oscar. He directed and acted in his own movie and not just a normal movie, an holocaust movie. He deserved this Oscar.

[@l_a_u_y8916]

What made it unique it was that it was a holocaust comedy, which was super risky but with his creativity be managed to pull it off very well

[@cleliamattana6582]

Yep totally agree, one has to be brave to make a movie like this one. VERY brave. @@l_a_u_y8916

[@marcotaboadabarco9957]

Quizás a mejor película extranjera si, pero de mejor actor lo merecía Edward Norton por historia americana

[@cleliamattana6582]

@@marcotaboadabarco9957 Maybe yes, I adored Edward Norton in American History X and he also deserved the Oscar for sure!

[@B4NDllKOOT_]

The fact he has haters already says enough for me 😊

[@djemn18]

"Those who are not here because they gave their lives in order so that we can say 'life is beautiful'."

[@gearswitch8193]

That's really powerful

[@sidheartgadekar]

It killed me

[@fanboy5272]

@@sidheartgadekar well thanks to you now I can say, life is beautiful

[@ladyearin]

To be noticed: he jumped on the stage, first he bowed and thanked everyone and only after he took the Oscar

[@lindildeev5721]

That's called humility.

[@Missditabomb]

@@lindildeev5721 Gratitude in it's purest form.

[@antoniabermudezann4233]

I agree with you all 👌🏻💯%

[@ferroviedeltrentino2300]

italian word for that is "galateo"... almost disappeared in those cybernetic days...

[@KM-pn1vk]

"they gave their lives so we can say life is beautiful." i know english isnt his first language but regardless that was an amazing line.

[@Ermiization]

a man who speaks more than one language have more words to explain himself...

[@KM-pn1vk]

well god damn that was deep

[@madiiid7249]

“Life is Beautiful “ hehe get it

[@noeniocaniglia3751]

Ignacio Varlnlndushzhl

[@VAHZGEN]

Ignacio Varga dude...dropped a couple caught in the emotion of that line, man. Beautiful speech.

[@Luca_L_M_]

One of the best moments of the Oscars history. Period.

[@loveanimals6981]

The audience is so excited -- and understandably so -- but Benigni's wife's expression is really calm. She's probably thinking, "This behavior is just any other day at our house" lol.

[@nicopavvi8494]

He's crazy, but also a genius. He's the guy who knows all the Divine Comedy by heart.

[@riccardosalis7643]

''Thank you mamma and babbo''

[@Calliope2020]

Even if his English isn't that good, he's a poet...much better than the usual things actors say...

[@Ext3rmin4tor]

Well, actually Dante Alighieri is the poet :)

[@CecildeMille1]

Ext3rmin4tor I thought this Italian, Mr Alighieri, was the producer of the movie... (no, no, I'm joking).

[@senzanome3491]

Calliope2020 he speeks like a Poet in italian

[@yogurtmagro164]

He was excited for the award. I mean, let it go with it man....

[@beurreqc1791]

Calliope2020 Romance language blood ;)

[@loriseitomasella]

I'm italian and i've been returning to this video for almost 20 years now. Everytime is like the first time. Everytime it brings tears to my eyes. Thank you Roberto.

[@edpaterson3529]

I feel the same way. It's a wonderful film.

[@marinap6442]

Only Benigni could quote Dante for the acceptance speech of an American award. Very very classy

[@rufobass]

William Blake too

[@MrAndyTu]

Well spotted you two.

[@TheBertina93]

Notice how Sofia Loren loses the English accent when she says "ROBERTOO!" XD

[@mattblazkowicz620]

exactly esattamente

[@Dan77AC]

Yeah she changed the language not accent

[@sea2812]

TheBertina sounds like ROBBEEEHRTO xD

[@Franco96GTA]

She says Roberto in Italian way 😂 with 2/3 B ahah

[@oni741]

+ TheBertina *LOL* 😉

[@ValeBonoASRoma]

Bellissimo momento ma la cosa più curiosa che mi sono sempre chiesto è come abbia fatto a stare in piedi su quelle poltrone e addirittura passare da una all'altra

[@simadeda]

Anche io ahahhaha

[@GopalaAsmr-sounds]

grazie all'amore che muove il sole e le altre stelle!

[@28rekost46]

Il vantaggio di pesare mezzo grammo presumo

[@danid9918]

È na cazza

[@_marcii_]

Magia!🤣

[@miroslavtomic7038]

Nobody in history of movie industry has ever had more passion for making movies than this man. One of the most deserving Oscar wins EVER.

[@naimaboukhouf-fq9ws]

❤ historical moment

[@ZarkowsWorld]

Pure happiness and joy. So great to see.

[@elcamarino2333]

that's how we, italians, see life. It's just a pity that in all the stereothypes about us, there isn't the wat that we look at life.

[@internziko]

The greatest acceptance speech in Oscar history

[@spjdbauer]

You know you've made it in life when Steven Spielberg holds out his arms to stop you from falling over!

[@SafayatRiyadh]

+spjdbauer exactly

[@moisemensah8233]

Yeahhhhhhh

[@anja1627]

😂😂😂😂

[@Pfirtzer]

And we all know how ice jews are :(, they would ask money not to let you fall

[@DecontructRecreate]

spjdbauer You know your priorities are wrong when you believe that one person holding you from tipping over is a memorable thing in your life.

[@Kairan43]

“and he who kisses the joy as it flies by lives in eternity’s sunrise” used to write this on my hand in middle school. Felt surreal to hear him say this part, makes me sob, so beautiful

[@nostromo7928]

Beautiful words. Who was he quoting?

[@cry1991]

​@@nostromo7928 William Blake

[@simo8042]

Quando puoi permetterti di camminare in testa a gente come Steven Spielberg

[@ferraridassa6393]

Life. Roberto Benigni kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIS3dod6npmqgqM

[@100x100RUJO]

Lui può 🤣😂🤣😂

[@andreabo3994]

Ogni vero artista gli cammina in testa

[@francescomamoli2496]

Letteralmente ahaha

[@davidezioni2980]

😍😍😍

[@Jennyfisch]

People are always focusing on the goofiness of this, but in two minutes he said more smart things than others do in a month. He is an extremely wise man.

[@atapuma5756]

I really like this man! he is happy like a child and wise like the oldest man

[@abhirajprk99]

El Fonque your words exactly define my feelings while watching Life is beautiful!

[@TheWinonaJohnson]

I love the way that you phrased this. You summed it up perfectly!

[@katiafelisari8043]

Da italiana, è la scena più emozionante che abbia mai visto. Vedere un'emozione cosi forte negli occhi, nei gesti e nella voce di Sophia che con amore ed orgoglio premia un suo connazionale ed amico mi ha veramente toccata

[@MagoLerio]

Quoto tutto 🙂

[@lanebras]

Io da brasiliana, mi emoziona tantissimo questa scena. Ogni tanto mi tocca rivederla. È bellissima e piu che meritato questo oscar. Il film piu bello e emozionante che io abbia mai visto

[@Luca80KR]

Che poi la Loren, da che parlava un perfetto inglese, quando annuncia Benigni, pronuncia il suo nome col suo accento campano..... "Robbbertooo".. Veramente emozionante

[@PorfirioRubirosa22]

Saluti dalla Grecia. Mi sono sentito gioia e un entusiasmo incredibile dentro a mia anima ugualmente. Epico momento davvero travolgente!

[@jkar1973]

What a great moment! My eyes were ready to cry. I loved the movie, i love Roberto and i love Italy! You are the best Neighbors in the WOrld! Love from Greece.

[@howlingcommandos9590]

jkar1973 same face same race ❤️

[@pietrovinci2620]

We love Greece too! ❤️

[@marcofrassini9172]

You too! We did have ours up and downs in History but we have always loved each other's culture. Without the ancient greek culture, roman empire wouldn't have been what it was.

[@soreb_x]

I'm Greek too and I have to agree so much! He is so happy!

[@guidofedeli851]

You too man. I needed the heartwarming fuzzies today.

[@XxMitikaSanaxX]

Ogni volta che arrivano gli Oscar è impossibile non fiondarsi a rivedere questa perla della storia del cinema che dire emozionante è poco. 20 anni fa... IMMENSO ROBERTO, orgoglio italiano.

[@raheemking7002]

Eccolo la

[@gabrieleconti5741]

@@raheemking7002 ?

[@mezza6425]

@@Matrix-jr2py La dolce vita...coff coff...nuovo cinema paradiso...coff coff...Dai su non scherziamo, contento per Benigni da italiano ma lo sappiamo tutti perché ha vinto agli oscar, per la tematica che ha trattato.

[@ilariacaia4707]

XxMitikaSanaxX ❤️❤️❤️ grandisismo

[@vikhorstitchkuzmin3163]

@@Matrix-jr2py La grande bellezza Oscar immeritato???

[@revancebrayilov1766]

Italians are really good at film and cinema.they know how to write good script.they know how to make people sad or happy.and most importantly they know perfectly how to be different.they are magnificent..

[@TheBigliasfero]

Revan Cebrayilov thanks bro

[@simoneancillotti6886]

We were really good in cinema... not anymore my man

[@babbyponch2333]

Revan Cebrayilov Yes, in 90’s

[@Marco-lr6yd]

No, trust me, we don’t

[@sylviaplath8818]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@fritzhubertus]

Love it. Individual voices already calling out "Roberto, Roberto" before the envelope is actually opened and Sophia Loren - the great Italian icon - gets overwhelmed by genuine joy when it's clear that Benigni has actually won the Oscar.

[@guilhermeborges9644]

best reaction to winner a oscar ever!

[@IkmelAAA]

"I would like to thank my parents, they gave me the biggest gift; poverty"

[@vr-kf4cs]

+Ikmel A.A.A. (Saga Gemini) made me cry. amazing speech

[@Mayrita77]

LOL

[@BjornWrt]

+Ikmel A.A.A. (Saga Gemini) typical italian irony

[@federoko96]

He was serious but they didnt understand

[@marcozu5933]

+dario björn werther you can't know about him

[@AndreaRoll]

you know you've made it when you can walk on the head of steven spielberg and get away with it

[@adamsroor6501]

Life Is Beautiful full mоvieеe hеееerе => twitter.com/6a67a2cc81eaa1101/status/795841541138849792 Lifе Is Bееeeаutiful Wins Foreign Languаge Film 1999 Osсars

[@Charlotte-ss1mh]

Andrea Roll 😂😂😂

[@hilda2031]

Andrea Roll this comment killed me😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alexbisou5659]

LOLLL

[@Sybellaish]

There are very few times in life where I have laughed hysterically. This is one of those times…….

[@valetinab]

The hug between sophia loren and Roberto Benigni is the most beautiful thing in the world.

[@MythCraft00]

And the Oscar goes to... ROBBEEERTO!

[@MyGiorguna]

Poverty is biggest gift Also quotes William Blake and then Dante use his verse to Call his wife Divinity And then said thank to people who gaved their life as for we can say Life is Beautiful In couple of minutes he gave us best Oscar speech ever, with the realesr feelings and most clever, kind,honest and loveable words Maestro Roberto grazie

[@Jennyfisch]

Exactly! People always remember him jumping on the chairs, and while the endless energy is part of him, too, his wisdom sometimes gets overlooked. He is able to look at life (and death) and take all the right lessons from it, and then he uses his art and his words to pass them on.

[@whoever_81]

@@Jennyfisch Great reply to a great comment! Love from Greece ❤

[@eduardogamboa7807]

Io sono peruviano, e sono andato a scuola italoperuaviana in Lima piú di 20 anni fa. Sono admirattore di vostra cultura, l'arte e musica. Un grande abraccio a tutti.

[@gocciadimagma]

Che bel messaggio!!! Un abbraccio a te da Napoli! :)

[@gabbobo8825]

También en italia amamos todas la latinoamerica ❤️

[@alejandrachavez3927]

Stoi imparando l'italiano, maravigliosa cultura!

[@valentinacardile4771]

Grazie!

[@mirkoferrari8008]

In Perù tipo il 10 per cento della popolazione ha origini italiane giusto?

[@la_gobba_di_aigor]

The poet that said "love moves the sun and other stars" was Dante Alighieri. Benigni Knows all the Divina Commedia by heart and usually recites it and explains it in shows. A great man of culture but still so humble.

[@OprahOyugi]

Best Oscar acceptance - EVER!!

[@danirazo3467]

Beside Adrian Brody..... But yes, this is the best

[@moisemensah8233]

He's riveting

[@an.s.7930]

+Dani Razo and Tarantino for Pulp Fiction

[@matteopucci]

Oprah Oyugi yes

[@Lollonz]

3:27 In the back! You can see Robin Williams waiting for the Roberto's love declaration, with true happiness. I'm Italian, I love Roberto, but I love everyone like him, who is so open to feel love! Thank you Robin!

[@yellowcactustvz4929]

Oddio è vero!

[@tysallchick]

Lollonz yes!! I see Robin!!

[@moisemensah8233]

Robin and Benigni remained in contact and became acquainted to a point that Robin once lent him one of his private planes, from what I read. These two could've done a movie together. Honestly, Robin is sorely missed. His demise will never feel right to me especially given that he died on my 23th birthday and am a suicide attempt survivor.

[@lolloa22]

Pure souls recognize each other

[@ornella1328]

@@moisemensah8233 so you were just born when Benigni won the Oscar…

[@Mloofylicious]

Probably the best Oscar acceptance speech in recent memory. I start sobbing every time I hear him say "to those who are no longer with us; they gave their lives so we can say life is beautiful". Benigni's emotions are so authentic and unscripted. A true European. Bravo!

[@kapuvakante]

I like your "true european"...hope to be more close in future as EUROPEAN..cheers brother!

[@luismaco1569]

I remember crying when he won. The movie is just beautiful. Seeing him jumping in joy like a little boy and the music playing in the back. Priceless.

[@annalisaa4029]

He didn't go wild, he's just Italian! :P

[@paprikabari1981]

+Annalisa A then????

[@LinkSoul2]

+Annalisa A Italians, Greeks, Cypriots, Spanish we are all the same. As a Cypriot and a mediteranian resident.......Robertos reactions were as natural as they could be. He demonstrated the very soul of the Mediteranian nations! Thank you Roberto for a movie so beautiful. A true gem. A fairy tale inspired by real life. Thank you from Cyprus!

[@annalisaa4029]

wow non pensavo di scatena sto casino! Daie prendo i pop corn!

[@JenLaRock]

Annalisa A well, Im italian but I would never react like he did hahah

[@MadamaArwen]

Actually he's quite too enthusiastic even to be Italian ahahah

[@giuseppeinfantino1]

I am italian. For me it's impossible not to cry when Sophia says "Robbberto" and when Roberto Benigni full of happiness hugs Sophia. This is Italy

[@LadyElisabethx]

I suoi genitori gli hanno dato il miglior regalo: la povertà. Non è una battuta, non ne parla economicamente, si riferisce all'animo. La povertà di spirito. L'umiltà. Grande!!!

[@carlalb6182]

Gin esattamente

[@robertoteneriello7958]

Il comunista arricchito

[@alberto.delbono]

Io penso anche quella economica, quella che lo ha spinto ad ambire, a puntare in alto, a riscattarsi

[@davidemicheli6427]

@@robertoteneriello7958 solito commento anacronistico.....ecco perché l Italia và così male.....abbiamo il piacere di avere un artista geniale come concittadino italiano e lui parla di comunismo....poverello.....attento che mangiano i bambini.....🤣🤣🤣

[@robertoteneriello7958]

@@davidemicheli6427 è la verità lui si è dichiarato comunista invece si intasca fior di milioni dalla Rai a spese nostre!

[@luzoliveira9920]

I love the hug between him and Sophia. Of course the Oscars asked her to announce this category on purpose, and thankful they did, it is a beautiful moment.

[@pablitopera]

What’s the context…? X

[@luthfeeghazale6206]

@@pablitopera basically Sophia is Italian

[@stefanoerme]

Sophia che urla "Roberto" mi emoziona come il rigore di Grosso nel 2006

[@karlos-9461]

Beh in un certo senso hanno lo stesso significato, qui l’Italia (Benigni e Sophia Loren) sono stati protagonisti della vittoria di un Oscar, il premio più importante nel mondo del cinema MONDIALE, e Grosso con tutta l’Italia hanno vinto il MONDIALE che è l’avvenimento sportivo più importante nel mondo del calcio, questo fa capire quanto possiamo essere GRANDI se vogliamo! 🇮🇹♥️

[@vittorioderrico2632]

Paragone perfetto , ma qua scende anche la lacrimuccia

[@mikynox2]

Robberto* ;)

[@gayandeuropean00]

Come i maneskin che vincono l'eurovision

[@flann13]

I don't understand a single word of your comment, but when Sophia Loren shouted "Roberto" and waved the paper, I had tears in my eyes. I imagine, you said the same.

[@valentinospagnuolo6998]

benigni walking on American stars' heads has no price...🤣

[@imamuser7281]

Ho letto un commento che diceva "Sophia Loren chiama Roberto con un accento inglese" ma cosa si era bevuto quello prima di guardare sto video?? Lei che lo chiama "ROBERTOOO" felice come una ragazzina e sventolando la lettera verso un amico... Non c'è nulla di più italiano Come se se ne fregassero dell'etichetta snob degli Oscar, tutti impettiti tutti ben vestiti e truccati e poi questi che due che si comportano come due che si trovano al mercato.... Unici

[@annamaria5389]

Da notare la "B" marcata, più italiano di così!

[@teeahtee387]

Siamo italiani, è come se due amici si fossero incontrati a caso sul palco dell’academy dopo tanto tempo. Ma è tutto così meraviglioso: un’eccellenza italiana come Sophia che consegna il più ambito premio cinematografico a un’altra eccellenza italiana che è Roberto, e insieme festeggiano come se avesse vinto la loro squadra del cuore, celebrando l’Italia e l’arte del cinema italiano “cazzeggiando” allegramente dimenticandosi per un momento di essere sul palco degli Oscar. Che momento.

[@lolly2222aa]

Makes me cry every time I see this. What a story, what a movie, gorgeous win. Must see. FANTASTIC

[@kathrynpowell7109]

Joy! Humility! Charm! Wit!

[@WeAreTheInsurgents]

It's sad to see some of the critic reviews for this film, calling it completely inappropriate and nauseating through its mixing of comedy and war drama. My interpretation of it was that it shows a man putting his own fears aside to try and stay strong for his family. It uses the extreme end of terror to show that the love for family has no limits and even something as terrifying as the Holocaust won't diminish his love.

[@MagycArwen]

Whoever said that didn't understand the movie at all

[@jonmv]

+WeAreTheInsurgents Man...that movie is amazing!! What he did for his son in the movie was incredible, smart and brave! And this guy, I have no words to describe him...we can see that he put his heart in this movie. The Oscar and his exalted happiness were just the consequence for that work!!!

[@nesssss343]

Exactly! The film also shows that Jews knew what was happening, and it is incredibly brave of a father to do what Guido did. He didn't go out without a fight and lived for his family until the very end. Most of the humor part was at the beginning anyway so I really don't see much of a problem.

[@yskim8616]

+WeAreTheInsurgents I bet those dumbasses are the same critics who give positive reviews to 50 shades of grey.

[@WeAreTheInsurgents]

YS Kim These are snippets of some of the reviews for Life is Beautiful; written (I assume) just after the film's release: "In this climate, turning even a small corner of this century's central horror into feel-good popular entertainment is abhorrent." - Time "The point, I think, is the sheer callous inappropriateness of comedy existing within the physical reality of the camps -- even the imagined reality of a movie." - Salon.com "Benigni's movie made me want to throw up." - Slate "The indifference of the proceedings and the hero's slapstick behavior to the everyday realities of the camps borders on the nauseating." - Chicago Reader

[@Vylkeer]

Love the way Sophia says: "Roberto!" when announcing the winner with the awesome Neapolitan accent, which I also have since I'm from Naples as well. In moments like this one I feel proud and overwhelmed to be Italian. A true milestone for the Italian Cinema and Italy being represented abroad. Ben fatto, Roberto! :) P.S. That background music though

[@miranbaricic3877]

Vylkeer non ha l'accento napoletano, forse anche perchè è di roma xD

[@miranbaricic3877]

for english people: she doesn't have any Neapolitan accent, she's from Rome xD

[@Vylkeer]

Miran Baricic Ti giuro dopo tutta una vita ho appena scoperto che è effettivamente nata a Roma, ma difatti c'era qualcosa che non mi tornava. Anche se non è proprio di Napoli, ha lavorato e vissuto per molti anni a Napoli con il grande Vittorio De Sica, tanto da acquisire un chiaro accento Napoletano inconfondibile e da ritenersi lei stessa, Napoletana. C'è la citazione proprio su Wikipedia: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Loren Poi è cresciuta a Pozzuoli e la madre era di Napoli. Diciamo che è una Napoletana nata a Roma :P

[@miranbaricic3877]

Vylkeer a me non sembra napoletano l'accento, ma io non la ha seguo molto, quindi non la ho ascoltata tanto da capire che accento avesse in modo preciso, così a orecchio mi sembrava più di roma che di napoli; probabilmente avrà un accento un po' mescolato, comunque se dici così mi fido

[@Vylkeer]

Miran Baricic No fidati, essendo anche io di Napoli, lo si riconosce subito ;) Poi avendo vissuto moltissimo a Napoli, anche più che a Roma, è totalmente possibile.

[@philsadler9810]

The people who gave their lives so that we can say life is beautiful :) Have to be honest, that made me cry when he said that :)

[@TheGodsgarden]

Phil Sadler that part also brought me to tears...

[@groucho3500]

I could hear this speech another thousand times, I will always get excited like the first time. Roberto is a person born once in a million. thank you for giving us your light.

[@bluesfun]

This is the correct transcription of his speech (0:51): "Oh, grazie! Grazie! Oh! Thank you! Sophia: I leave here the Oscar but I want you! I want to be rocked by the waves of your beauty! Come here! Thank you, thank you! This is a moment of joy, and I want to kiss everybody because you are the image of the joy. And "he who kisses the joy as it flies, lives in eternity's sunrise", that said the poet [William Blake quote]. And it is wonderful to be here, wonderful. I feel like - now, really - to dive in this ocean of gratitud... of generosity! This is too much! Your generosity is, uh... how do you say when the rain?... The... The hailstorm! It's a hailstorm of kindness, of gratitude for you. And really I would like to thank everybody that did the movie, because without them I couldn't fly with this movie. Everybody who did… the producer, the screenwriter Cerami, Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi, Nicola Piovani, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Harvey Weinstein, Miramax's people: thank you very much for what you did. And also I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, in a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: the poverty! And I want to thank them for the rest of my life. Really, but thank you mamma e babbo [mom and daddy]. Thank you! And thank you for your love. Because if I am here it's because people loved the movie. So it's always a question of love. I would like to dedicate this prize to those - because the subject of the movie - those who are not here. They gave their life in order we can say "life is beautiful". And I would like to also say... a kiss to Giorgio Cantarini. Ciao Giorgio! The little boy. And because we are talking the love, Dante said: "l'amor che muove il sole e le altre stelle", "love who moves the sun and the other stars". Love is a divinity, and sometimes, if you have faith, like all the divinities, he can appear. That's why I want to dedicate this prize to Nicoletta Braschi [Benigni's wife]. Thank you!"

[@Shiskwbdbxcu0]

bluesfun thank you for the full speech :) and captions of the quote

[@vaskina94]

This video makes me proud to be Italian. This is my Italy,its good side. Italy is Art isn t only corruption and mafia!!

[@fayHoran]

I pray everyday to have the joy of visiting florence and rome again!!!!....we greeks adore italians

[@Diskhate]

fay Kathrin and i never really understood why! the strange thing is that i should.. i'm italian,since i was born here in Milano, but half my family is greek, and i lived in larissa and salonicco 50% of my time untill i was 7-8 years old, and i never understood 100% why greek people, realizing that i was priorly italian, were allways so glad to me, saying things like " us and italians, one face and one race"

[@cuerollen]

Thank you!

[@evelynzhang7580]

I'm not even Italian! Yet I'm proud of it. Hahaha (Since I love Italy and all)

[@Diskhate]

we.. then...thank you so much : )

[@cheapmanx]

Che gioia! Lo chiamano e quest'uomo si alza sulle poltrone, inizia a camminare, si fa un bagno di applausi rischia di scivolare e si aggrappa a Steven Spielberg! Grandissimo

[@annpatterson5572]

I tear up each and every time I watch this. Best acceptance speech ever.

[@Paakid]

Sofia Loren is still a goddess.

[@oni741]

+ Ria M *The Italian GILF* 🤣🤣😉🇮🇹

[@moisemensah8233]

From Sophia to Monica Bellucci, Laura Pausini and Ornella Muti, it's safe to say that Italian women are absolutely beautiful and breathtaking.

[@recomiendo]

@@moisemensah8233 hey pausini is Good singer but ugly

[@gaia588]

S P K *ROBBERTO* romana DOC

[@dierrre7667]

@@moisemensah8233 I'm italian, but Laura Pausini is not beautiful at all

[@rossanomezzettieri7867]

La cosa più bella è la cadenza inglese della Loren precedente,fino a quel "Robbberto" tipicamente cadenza italiana...mitico benigni, ma mitica anche la Loren...grandissima Italia

[@_luky_04_9]

Appunto prima tutta seria e poi al *ROBBBERTTOOOOOH* è uscito tutto l'italiano che era in lei

[@metrostudioIT]

I would say typically Neapolitan, just like in her movie “L’oro di Napoli”.

[@xXRoNaLD0xX]

Its incredible how this guy is natural, its like he played himself in the movie, i believe he would do the same thing for his own son if they happened to be in the same situation. Amazing man.

[@MagycArwen]

Yes, it's just how he is. Such a bubbly person :)

[@ajlb6566]

I met him last week here in Rome when he was shopping in the piazza by my house for some fruit... What a kind, simple, and gentle man!!! Not like how he is in the movies, but still so sweet and willing to get a photo with me... Of course I was starstruck and babbling about how much I love him and his movies...

[@nicopavvi8494]

Roberto Benigni is a little bit crazy, but also a genius

[@Entrepreneurs_in_Asia]

I’m still smiling 22 years later when I think of this moment.

[@darkflodragonfly6455]

Me too it's incredible!

[@Lollo7719]

Maybe it's a paresis.

[@lupash]

when you got so big balls and you go out there and quote Dante during your Oscar speech...

[@DrAldobaglio]

He has the entire Inferno memorized. He's a literary genius.

[@ilsuocavallopazzo]

DrAldobaglio heaven inferno and purgatory

[@pennymikk]

lupash he knows all the divina commedia. Perfectly. You should check out how he says it, I'm sure you can find videos online, it's pure and beautiful. He is an artist and a genius :)

[@lupash]

Lo so, lo so. In realtà non sono un grande fan di Benigni, anzi! Però le ultime parole di questo discorso, con la citazione inclusa, sono piuttosto toccanti e comunque citare Dante di fronte a Hollywood è un grandissimo simbolo. :D

[@mathewmackie5623]

It was William Blake

[@simonamon6850]

Beningni: *quoting an italian poet (Dante) in english, plus quoting an english poet (Blake) in english* Y'all : "his English is so bad"

[@lucaferretti3854]

BENIGNI NOT BENINGNI

[@elijah420stuffs2]

At first I thought it was bad. But actually he spoke really well and fast.

[@leazaring5586]

Simona mon plus he’s also Italian lol so even if it was bad, it would make sense to me. But i think that his English was actually really good!

[@juansuasnabar3180]

Fuck off

[@MrMuti22]

Non so quanti inglesi sappiano parlare italiano sinceramente

[@Giacomoubaldi]

0:14 Roberto sta per cadere, ma qualcuno lo salva e lui non si fa niente... quella persona, e Steven Spielberg, uno dei più grandi registi della storia...

[@gabrielenucera5083]

L'ho notato, l'hai espresso bene... grande Benigni, grande Spielberg... artisti che non torneranno più

[@bellesmagictravels5420]

Gabriele Nucera mica è morto cretino!

[@emilypalumbo20]

@@bellesmagictravels5420 ahahahahahahahaha

[@MirkoskjiVero]

@@bellesmagictravels5420 sì ma non mi pare che il cinema stia messo troppo bene...

[@gabrielenucera5083]

@@bellesmagictravels5420 aahah, comunque intendevo che è difficile che in futuro ci saranno degli artisti come loro, anche se vorrei ben sperare, di recente il cinema sta dimostrando che ci sono ancora delle buone possibilità

[@danapnmk]

Spielberg participated and supported this great moment. He is also a person who can actively deal or play with a situation. With his heart. That's why he's such a great director.

[@elisa-wd9kv]

Io darei un oscar a Sophia solo per quel Robberto!!

[@maryholliman1570]

watching this always makes me so happy. best oscar win ever by far.

[@yawarhuaca]

Without doubt the most genuine and original Oscar celebration, grande Roberto.

[@pinkboo2]

i still come here at least once a week!!!!! nobody is better than roberto

[@cotulla1gal]

Me too... I come herrrre! (Insert Italian Accent) ❤

[@giorgiacapobianchi9251]

Ho visto questo video qualcosa come 15 volte di seguito.... la prima parte mi fa commuovere "and the Oscar goes to.... ROBERTOOO" la gioia di Sofia Loren per la vincita di un italiano è contagiosa e commovente! Fantastica la reazione di Benigni che sale sulle poltrone... solo lui poteva avere spontaneamente un'idea così geniale. Poi lui che salta i gradini e l'abbraccio: bellissimo! il discorso con la pronuncia italianizzata è stupendo a dir poco e poi vabbè.... l'ultima parte.... Una grande dichiarazione d'amore con citazione di Dante annessa. Più di così!!❤

[@canakincilar]

I cry every time I watch this. I feel like I won the Oscar. Thank you Roberto.. When I feel like I will fall down, I remember this movie.. I remember that there's always hope and the good will win. Thank you..

[@cristinastrippoli8536]

Thank to you.... this is Italy...this is Benigni ❤

[@somaahmadi977]

Yesss❤️❤️👍🙏🙏🙏

[@desario3453]

ITALY IS IN MY HEART

[@martasapienza6576]

You are welcome ❤️

[@desario3453]

Grazie

[@nightlover5194]

Grazie for this , and Welcome

[@desario3453]

@@nightlover5194Sempre

[@nightlover5194]

@@desario3453 ciao amico♥️

[@다람쥐-z1l]

이 영상 주기적으로 생각나서 보러옴 볼때마다 미소짓게돼 ㅠㅠ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@emiliobello2538]

이탈리아 영화는 훌륭합니다. 이것은 훌륭한 영화였습니다.

[@karlavega1678]

The speech stars from 1:01 Thank you!…Sophia… I live it here at the Oscars (?) but I want to you I want to be rocked by the waves of your beauty, come here. Thank you, this is a moment of joy, and I want to kiss everybody because you are the major of the joy, and he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in eternity sunrise, say the poet. And this is wonderful to be here, wonderful I feel like, now really, to dive in this ocean of grazie above all your generosity, this is too much, your generosity is, uh, how do you say when the rain, the hailstorm, it's a hailstorm of kindness, of gratitude for you. And really I would like to thank everybody that did the movie, because without them I couldn't fly with this movie. Everybody who did…the producer, the screenwriter Cerami, Elda Ferri, Gianluigi Braschi, Nicola Piovani, Vittorio Cecchi Gori. Harvey Weinstein of Miramax people, thank you very much for what you did. And also I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, in a little village in Italy. They gave me their biggest gift “the poverty” (laughs) and I want to thank them for the lesson of my life. Really, but thank you, Mamma and Babbo. Thank you! And thank you for your love. Because if I am here it's because people love the movie. So it's always a question of love. I would like to dedicate this prize to those, because the subject of the movie, those who are not here. They gave their life in order we can say, "Life is beautiful." And I would like to also say, a kiss to Giorgio Cantarini, Chao Giorgio! the little boy. And because we are talking the love, Dante said: L'amore che muove il sole e le altre stelle Love will move the sun and the other stars. Love is a divinity, and sometimes if you have faith, like all the divinities it can appear. That's why I want to dedicate this prize to Nicoletta Braschi. Thank you!

[@alexandradevilgore974]

Karla Vega ciao * :)

[@jionna78]

(?) = I leave here the oscar, but I want you! [I leave the oscar here, I want you]

[@sbchelldiver]

One of the most heartfelt Oscar messages ever-I guess that is why they did not cut him with the music-it was just flowing from his heart!!!

[@TMthe33rd]

God damn, woman... How many times did you rewind this video?

[@leonardo9453]

The translation of Dante is "Love who moves the Sun and the other stars" Aand it's ciao*(hi in italian) and not chao That's all

[@DreamyJuly17]

They didn't really understand the meaning of his words ..." they gave me the biggest gift, the poverty"...It wasn't a joke at all. He truly meant it.

[@Letyparatore]

Quando tutti hanno riso al: "Ringrazio i miei genitori per avermi dato il moglior regalo nella vita, la povertà" Sofia loren ha fatto una faccia come a dire "eh già" hahah. Giustamente penso solo lei abbia capito a fondo cosa intendeva, l'essere umili per come si è cresciuti. Alla fine si sà in italia come stavano le persone anni fa e penso che anche lei lo sappia molto bene avendo vissuto in anni di povertà (e guerra purtroppo). Poi che dire, in quell'abbraccio che si sono dati si vede la vera Italia. Amarsi per quello che siamo nonostante tutto e mandare avanti almeno il meglio del nostro paese.. possiamo ancora farlo senza essere delle teste di minchia.

[@karlos-9461]

Anche lei a Pozzuoli ha vissuto la povertà quando era piccola, perciò più di tutti ha capito nel profondo la sua citazione.

[@tiziovezio8027]

Che bella la mafiaaaa Jonny

[@floatingsara]

E' un bellissimo malinteso culturale, per gli Americani i poveri sono fondamentalmente colpevoli di tutto quello che capita loro.

[@angelaferrario6031]

S Floating True 😞

[@Letyparatore]

@@floatingsara Si ma si affacciassero ad altre realtà, noi lo facciamo (almeno quelli intelligenti).

[@leampunkt3678]

This is still the most genuine, from the bottom of the heart reaction in Oscar history❤️

[@dilettabertoldi8793]

Grande Roberto! L'Italia è orgogliosa di te 😊 You're great Roberto! Italy is proud of you

[@gregstorytelling]

I watсhеd Lifе Is Bеаutiful full movie hеrе twitter.com/d855dd3043da8cf45/status/795841541138849792 Lifееe Is Beautiful Wins Fоrеign Languаge Film 1999 Оscars

[@kris242]

I’ve legit never seen a moment where one single person was so unanimously loved by absolutely everyone at the oscars quite like this. What a genuinely infectiously awesome soul ❤️

[@eleonorarusso3481]

Except the dude with glasses 🤓 rolling his eyes, but wgaf 😄

[@jingren]

I don't care how he reacted to winning the Oscar, this was one of the realest and most genuine moments in Oscar history

[@franco05100]

Once in a while someone comes along with no pretense, at his most humble and give us not only an iconic movie but a moment when humanity is at his best. Still powerful in 2023.

[@jimjam51075]

"humble" = steps on people's heads

[@Twistedpeppermint99]

What a moment of joy indeed. Love his line.."dive in an ocean of generosity." Classic. Roberto Benini, you are a class act. Bravo!! The movie, "Life is Beautiful" is a wonderful film. I urge everyone to see it.

[@alicemich9874]

I'm italian, and I am so glad when people out from italy enjoy this artist! Absolutely love him and his movies I've watched 'life is beautiful sooo many times! Amazing

[@monalisagoswami8184]

Alice Mich I am from India and I watched this movie as a child :) I can never forget this is one of the best movies I have ever watched

[@Twistedpeppermint99]

monalisa goswami : I am not from India but I remember seeing the move "Slumdog Millionaire" when it was released, and thinking: "THIS is one of the best movies I have ever seen". It has everything a great movie is made of.

[@monalisagoswami8184]

Lisa Toner Hi Lisa :) yeh it was a very good movie too

[@rens3333]

This only makes my love for italians bigger

[@lexi-op5vk]

Reading this and other comments like this as italian make me so proud ♥️

[@ifeelpretty5790]

η η Same here, proud Italian-American 🇮🇹🇺🇸

[@madelena1234]

I love Italy..one of the most beautiful countries in the world racked by misfortune now with the horrendous covid mess. But still shinning with beauty.

[@maecatalina3967]

@@madelena1234 so very true ❤️

[@fabioformenti6555]

Voi bestemmiate la madonna?

[@helenlungu9852]

Italians speak from the heart always. This speech came back to my mind when i heard roberta speak after beating serena. When i have a son will name him roberto and if its a girl roberta. It must be a lucky name