Pruitt Taylor Vince filmed some scenes that were cut before release. Nicoletta Braschi, who plays the Italian woman, is Roberto Benigni's wife in real life. Co-star Tom Waits referred to the film as "a Russian neo-fugitive episode of The Honeymooners." Roberto Benigni's rabbit soliloquy was almost entirely self-written/improvisation, based on his own life experiences. His mother actually did raise rabbits. Only Jim Jarmusch film made with "American money" as Jarmusch ...[Read Story ]