La vita è bella (1997)

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Academy Awards: Oscar won & 508 nominated
Won 59 awards & 40 nominations
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About the movie

Year

1997

Runtime

1 h 56 min

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance, War

Country

Italy

Director

Roberto Benigni

Writers

Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni

Plotline

A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.

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Starring

Roberto Benigni

Nicoletta Braschi

Giorgio Cantarini

Giustino Durano

Sergio Bini Bustric

Main cast

Roberto Benigni Guido Orefice

Nicoletta Braschi Dora

Giorgio Cantarini Giosué Orefice

Giustino Durano Eliseo Orefice

Sergio Bini Bustric Ferruccio Papini

Marisa Paredes Madre di Dora

Horst Buchholz Doctor Lessing

Lidia Alfonsi Guicciardini

Giuliana Lojodice School Principal

Amerigo Fontani Rodolfo

Pietro De Silva Bartolomeo

Francesco Guzzo Vittorino

Raffaella Lebboroni Elena

Claudio Alfonsi Amico Rodolfo

Gil Baroni Prefect

Massimo Bianchi Man with Key

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External critics' reviews

A deeply moving blend of cold terror and rapturous hilarity. Lovingly crafted by Italy's top comedian and most popular filmmaker, it's that rare comedy that takes on a daring and ambitious subject and proves worthy of it. more

One of the greatest films about the civilian experience of war ever made anywhere. more

Benigni, with great help from young Cantarini, has crafted a work of such complexity that you may find both your brain and your heart simply overloaded. Which, of course, is the rarely achieved goal of all art.

Finds the right notes to negotiate its delicate subject matter. more

A rare blend of comedy and tenderness whose point is not the horrors of war but the lengths a parent will go to protect his child's innocence. more

To see someone even attempt bittersweet treatment of this subject is surprising, but to largely pull it off is a major feat. more

The concept is not so much nihilistic as it is realistic, and the fact that Benigni has made such fine distinctions so powerfully clear is amazing and moving. more

If, like Benigni, you were born after World War II, it reassures us that he hasn't forgotten the innate seriousness of his subject matter, and that despite its grimness, he still thinks life is beautiful. more

It's a high-wire act without a net, and Benigni pulls it off with astounding grace and sensitivity. more

Benigni effectively creates a situation in which comedy is courage. And he draws from this an unpretentious, enormously likable film that plays with history both seriously and mischievously. Piety has no place here, nor do tears until the final reel. Life is Beautiful plays by its own rules more

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