Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è Bella)

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Directed by

Roberto Benigni

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Roberto Benigni
Guido

Nicoletta Braschi
Dora

Giorgio Cantarini
Giosué

Giustino Durano
Zio

Sergio Bini Bustric
Ferruccio

Marisa Paredes
Madre di Dora

Horst Buchholz
Dottor Lessing

Lidia Alfonsi
Guicciardini

Written by

Vincenzo Cerami

Roberto Benigni

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Motion through the Emotions.

16 years ago at Sep 23 11:25

Lexi

8 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

A comedy set in a dark time...

14 years, 8 months ago at Jan 24 8:06

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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13 years, 9 months ago at Dec 19 22:07

Akwaryo

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This is one of those movies that have a lasting effect on you. After watching it, I found that it has less to do with the Holocaust and more to do with the human feelings and the beautiful relationship of a father and his son. The holocaust provides the ultimate context, that brings and highlights the story and adds yet another deep dimension to the movie. No such piece of art has ever before comb... read more

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Description: "Humor cuts oppressors down to size, takes their sting away, renders them powerless to destroy us. Don't give in to what diminishes you. . . . Learn to laugh at it and reduce its power over you," Joan Chittister has written. That spirit is at the heart of this Italian comedy that won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and three Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Language Film. Director Roberto Benigni shows how humor is a rich spiritual resource that enables us to cope with the unexpected and to smile through the unbearable. Guido (Roberto Benigni) falls in love with Dora (Nicoletta Braschi) t ... (more)

Release date: 20 December 1997
UPC: 717951003089

Tags: Drama (44), War (32), Comedy (22), Italy (22), Italian (20), Holocaust (20), Romance (19), WWII (18), 1990s (17), 1997 (16), (13), Love (8), Nazi (8), Father Son Relationship (8), Foreign (7), Genocide (7), Nazis (6), Concentration Camp (6), World War 2 (4), 1940s (4)

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