Life Is Beautiful
(1997)
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Life Is Beautiful
(1997)
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| Roberto Benigni | ... |
Guido
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| Nicoletta Braschi | ... | ||
| Giorgio Cantarini | ... |
Joshua
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Giustino Durano | ... |
Uncle Eliseo
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Sergio Bini Bustric | ... |
Ferruccio
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| Marisa Paredes | ... |
Dora's Mother
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| Horst Buchholz | ... |
Doctor Lessing
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Giuliana Lojodice | ... | |
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Amerigo Fontani | ... | |
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Pietro De Silva | ... | |
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Francesco Guzzo | ... | |
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Raffaella Lebboroni | ... | |
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Claudio Alfonsi | ... |
Rodolfo's Friend
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Gil Baroni | ... | |
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Massimo Bianchi | ... |
Man with Key
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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 Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank. Written by Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>
I can't understand how other reviewers see this as a film about the Nazis or the Holocaust. It's not!!! "Life is Beautiful" is a film about love, optimism, courage and inner strength.
To be honest I can't get this film out of my thoughts and decided to write this brief review in the hope that I could move on.
"Life is Beautiful" is an unforgettable film. You go through emotions you were surprised could have for a fictional film. The story, although totally implausible, is uplifting and depressing at the same time.
Please see it for yourself. Have a box of tissues handy.
Best film ever seen!!!