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Life is Beautiful
(La Vita e bella)
1997 -
Italy
- 122 min. -
Feature, Color
AMG Rating:
Director:
Roberto Benigni
Cast:
Roberto Benigni,
Nicoletta Braschi,
Giustino Durano,
Sergio Bustric,
Marisa Paredes..
More Information:
All Movie Guide
Características del DVD
- Lang.: English
/ Sub. in English
Alquílela
por (rent it for): $3.77
(dos días - two days)
Si vive en
Weston (if you live in Weston)
Sinopsis
(All Movie Guide)
In this WW II tragicomedy, famed Italian funnyman
Roberto Benigni
(The Monster)
portrays Guido, who moves during the '30s from the country to a Tuscan town,
where he is entranced by schoolteacher Dora (Nicoletta
Braschi, Benigni's real-life wife). Dora likes Guido, but she remains
faithful to her pompous fiancé, so Guido has an uphill struggle. Meanwhile,
anti-Semitic attitudes lead to attacks against Guido's Jewish uncle (Giustino
Durano). Leaping ahead to five years later, during WW II, Guido and Dora
are married and have a son Giosue (Giorgio
Cantarini). After they are imprisoned in a concentration camp, Guido goes
to elaborate lengths to keep his son from understanding the truth of their
situation. He tells the boy that they are competing with others to win an
armored tank — so everything from food shortages to tattoos is explained as
necessary for participation in the contest.
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