Italian screenwriter, film director and film producer (1922–2006).
Born February 24th, 1922 in Arce.
Died October 1st, 2006 at 84 years old in Rome.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel