Much Ado About Nothing: The Film Directed By Branagh Kenneth Branagh's decision to set his film at the Villa Vignamaggio in the hills of Tuscany, rather than in a city, sets the tone of his interpretation of Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. Rather than the formal society overly concerned with outward appearances, which the play intimates, Branagh presents a gay, lusty, warmhearted society which is constantly outdoors in the Tuscany sunshine. The movie is a COMEDY which minimizes the darker strains of the play. In order to support his interpretation of Much Ado as a joyous romp in the Italian sunshine, Br