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Life Is Beautiful
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Year: 1997
Studio: Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D., Melampo Cinematografica
Director: Roberto Benigni
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric, Marisa Paredes
Crew: Roberto Benigni (Director), Gianluigi Braschi (Producer), Elda Ferri (Producer), Roberto Benigni (Screenplay), Vincenzo Cerami (Screenplay), Tonino Delli Colli (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 116 minutes
Release: Dec 20, 1997
IMDb: 8.45/10 by 13,284 users
Popularity: 10
Country: Italy
Language: English, Český, Italiano, Deutsch
Budget: 20,000,000
Revenue: 230,098,753
Keyword : dying and death, bookshop, love of one's life, nazi, self sacrifice, loss of loved one, italy, riddle, mass murder, concentration camp, fascism, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, deportation, jew persecution, story teller, riding a bicycle, national socialism, dark comedy, charade, concentration camp prisoner, romcom, reflective, dark, war, nazi germany, admiring
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The first half of the screenplay is better than the second and in particular the weak ending which is very commercial Oscar material. However, there is Benigni, who is an old school visual comedian, and some of his antics are a delight. The period setting details are also well done.