Italy's Valentina Merli co-producer of Oscar-winning short

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 16 - Italy did not come away completely empty handed from the 98th Academy Awards as Bologna native Valentina Merli was among the co-producers of Two People Exchanging Saliva which, tied with The Singers, won the Best Live Action Short Film Oscar. "This statuette is heavy, but it feels good in my hand; I'm not letting go of it, not even for a moment," Merli, who was the only Italian nominee at the ceremony, told ANSA via telephone. "I'm sorry that Italy was absent (otherwis...

By ANSA