Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) (1997)

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8.4	IMDB rating

Drama (22), War (14), Italian (14), Holocaust (12), WWII (12), Italy (12), Comedy (10), 1990s (8), 1997 (6), Romance (6), (5), Foreign (5), Genocide (4), Love (3), Father Son Relationship (3), World War 2 (3), Racism (2), Concentration Camp (2), Oscar Winner (2), Family (2)

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In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentratio ... (more)

Directed by

Roberto Benigni

Starring (View all) :

Guido Orefice

Dora

Giosué Orefice

Eliseo Orefice

Ferruccio Papini

Madre di Dora

Doctor Lessing

Guicciardini

School Principal

Rodolfo

Written by (View all) :

Vincenzo Cerami

Roberto Benigni

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Motion through the Emotions.

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Sep 23 6:25

[carrying his son through the camp] ''You are such a good boy. You sleep now. Dream sweet dreams. Maybe we are both dreaming. Maybe this is all a dream, and in the morning, Mommy will wake us up with milk and cookies. Then, after we eat, I will make love to her four or five times. If I can.'' A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp. Roberto Benigni: Guido Orefice Nicoletta Braschi: Dora Giorgio Cantarini: Giosué Orefice Life is Beautiful was an unexpected pleasure to watch and endure. To my surprise this inspiring, award laden story of humour love and struggle can for me be summed up as an oily piece of Art in film resulting in a modern creation that shows an alternativ...Read more

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