Life Is Beautiful (La Vita È Bella) (1997)

8.1	Listal rating
8.5	IMDB rating

Directed by

Roberto Benigni

Rod Dean

Starring (View all)

Guido

Dora

Joshua

Uncle Eliseo

Ferruccio

Dora's Mother

Doctor Lessing

School Principal

Written by

Vincenzo Cerami

Roberto Benigni

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Motion through the Emotions.

4 years, 8 months ago at Sep 23 6:25

AgentLexi

7 votes

[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, bu... read more

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2 years, 3 months ago at Feb 6 21:52

propelas

5 votes

I can not write anything in detail for this film ... sorry! is my favorite movie.Thank you very very very much Roberto for this wonderful movie that gave us and made us feel human!Because ultimately...
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

A comedy set in a dark time...

3 years, 4 months ago at Jan 24 2:06

SJMJ91

2 votes

loved this film to bits because it is just so beautiful and is such an inspiration. It is a film that has a beautiful meaning to life. It is a film that truly teaches us about love family and hope. It is also about commitment with what is best for the ones you love no matter what situation you are in. It made me feel all emotional because Guido, his wife and son were in the Holocaust camps. It is ... read more

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Description: 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 Jewis ... (more)

Release date : 12 February 1999
UPC: 717951003089

Drama (41), War (26), Italy (22), Italian (22), Comedy (19), Holocaust (19), WWII (18), 1990s (16), Romance (14), 1997 (11), (11), Love (9), Father Son Relationship (8), Foreign (8), Concentration Camp (7), Genocide (7), Nazi (7), World War 2 (4), 1940s (4), Nazis (4)

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“>.< This movie is truly one of the most amazing films I've ever seen. The actors did a fanominal job, I laughed with them, I cried with them, I smiled with them, and I frowned with them. If you're ever feeling like life isn't worth living, or you're going through a tough time, watch this movie, and by the end you'll be saying that life is beautiful.” read more

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" This was right around the time that Holocaust films cemented their reputation as being an automatic Oscar, and never is that more evident than with this movie. It’s not that Roberto Benigni and Life is Beautiful weren’t good, it’s just disappointing that the Academy wouldn’t take the opportunity to reward a risky, unique performance when it had the chance."