He then got together with his secretary Nicoletta Mantovani, who was 26 years old at the time.

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This time, he's a poet, Attilio Giovanni, who pines after the woman of his dreams, Vittoria, played by Benigni's real-life wife, Nicoletta Braschi.

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All the funeral details, he added, were worked out with Nicoletta Mantovani, Pavaroti's second wife, and his three daughters by his previous marriage.

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