However , it was with the 1991 film '' The Flesh '' directed by Marco Ferreri that Dellera reached international acclaim . The film entered the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and the actress suddenly gained much popularity in France ; she is present even in the book dedicated to the first fifty years of the Cannes Film Festival . Ferreri described Dellera as having " the most beautiful skin in Italian cinema " . One of the most important Italian film critics Tullio Kezich said about Dellera in '' The Flesh '' : " Her physical allure speaks for itself . As an actress , she has something exceptionally special . She is so comfortable in front of the movie camera that when she is dressed , she seems nude , and when she is nude , she seems dressed " . Federico Fellini was so moved by her appearance in Ferreri 's film that he chose her for the role of the fairy for a film based on Collodi 's '' Pinocchio '' , opposite Roberto Benigni in the main role , but the film was never made due to the director 's sudden death
1991 Cannes Film Festival
1991 Cannes Film Festival
Francesca Dellera