Life Is Beautiful
– A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale..
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.
12 Feb 1999
Italian, German, English
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.
Roberto Benigni
Vincenzo Cerami (story and screenplay by), Roberto Benigni (story and screenplay by)
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
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.
Won 3 Oscars. Another 66 wins & 51 nominations.
Miramax