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Original Title: La vita è bella
Title: Life Is Beautiful
Year: 1997
Runtime: 116 minutes
Votes: 464342
Rating: 8.6/10
Language: Italian, German, English
Country: Italy
All Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
Plot Outline: When an
open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the
Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to
protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Tagline: An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all. (Canadian one sheet)
Director: Roberto Benigni
Writing By: Vincenzo Cerami,Roberto Benigni,
Produced By: Gianluigi Braschi,Mario Cotone,John M. Davis,Elda Ferri,Agnès Mentre,John Rogers,
Music: Nicola Piovani
Plot:
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>
In 1939, Jewish-Italian Guido Orefice comes into Arezzo, Italy,
ultimately to open a book store. In the meantime, he will work as a
waiter at the hotel restaurant where his Uncle Eliseo is the maître d'.
In town, he meets a school teacher named Dora, who he calls Princess and
who comes from a wealthy Italian family. For him, it's love at first
sight. Despite she already being in a relationship with another man,
Guido ultimately sweeps her off her feet. They get married and have a
son they name Giosué. On Giosué's fifth birthday, World War II is in
full force. Since they are Jewish, the Germans take away Guido, Eliseo
and Giosué to a labor camp. Wanting to be with her family, Dora insists
she be taken too, but she is housed in the women's side of the camp. To
protect Giosué from the horror of what is happening to them, Guido tells
him that they are playing a game, certain actions which garner points,
other actions which take points away or disqualify one from the game.
The first to reach 1,000 points wins the prize of a real tank. Guido's
primary goal is to keep Giosué safe at all cost, while he tries to
figure out a way to get his family out of the camp and keep the Germans
at bay from learning what he is doing with Giosué.
- Written by
Huggo
A gentle Jewish-Italian waiter, Guido Orefice, meets Dora, a pretty
schoolteacher, and wins her over with his charm and humor. Eventually
they marry and have a son, Giosue. Their happiness is abruptly halted,
however, when Guido and Giosue are separated from Dora and taken to a
concentration camp. Determined to shelter his son from the horrors of
his surroundings, Guido convinces Giosue that their time in the camp is
merely a game.
- Written by
Jwelch5742
It's 1939. The ebullient, playful Guido comes to town. He works as a
waiter under the watchful eye of his uncle, an elegant man who is a Jew.
Guido falls for Dora, a schoolteacher, whom he calls "princess" and
courts by popping up at unexpected times. She dumps her fiancé to choose
Guido. The film jumps ahead to the war's last months. Nora and Guido
have a child, Giosué, and when Guido and the lad are shipped to a
concentration camp, Dora voluntarily follows. Although the men and women
in the camp are separated and a child is in mortal peril, Guido finds
ways to communicate with Dora, to hide Giosué, and to convince the boy
this is an elaborate game, a special contest to win a tank.
- Written by
<jhailey@hotmail.com>
When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the
Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to
protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
- Written by
J. S. Golden
Cast:
Roberto Benigni as Guido
Nicoletta Braschi as Dora
Giorgio Cantarini as Giosué
Giustino Durano as Zio
Sergio Bini Bustric as Ferruccio
Marisa Paredes as Madre di Dora
Horst Buchholz as Dottor Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi as Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice as Direttrice Didattica
Amerigo Fontani as Rodolfo |
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