La vita è bella

"An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all."

Dec 20 1997 PG-13 1h 56m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish waiter 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

Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni

Directed by

Roberto Benigni

Cast

Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy

Production Companies

StudioCanal, Miramax, Melampo Cinematografica

Languages

Italiano, Deutsch, English, Ceský

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 72 wins & 52 nominations total

Trailers
Life is Beautiful (1998) Official Trailer - Robert Benigni Movie HD
Scores
# of Votes
771,695
Average Rating
8.6 out of 10
Metascore
58
Popularity
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