2. Bondanella discusses the collaboration between Massimo Troisi (1953-1994) and Roberto Benigni (1952-) at length. What kind of films (genre) did this duo produce? What were some of the topics of their films? Do you see elements of this collaboration in La vita è bella?

Ans: The duo collaborated to produce films with the most outrageous comic plots. Some of the topics in their films were comparing past and modern societies and demonstrating the human nature of arrogance, ignorance, and greed through comedic plots like clumsiness, banter and time-travelling. We see elements of this collaboration in "Life is Beautiful" as the idea of turning such a grave topic into a light-hearted comedic situation itself seems ridiculous, yet the movie moves heavily on jokes and attempts to keep up the pretend competition started by the protagonist.