Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Comedy, Drama, Romance | 116min | 12 February 1999 (USA)
8.6


Director: Roberto BenigniWriter: Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto BenigniStars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio CantariniSummary: 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.
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Anthony Hughes <[email protected]>
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Countries: ItalyLanguages: Italian, German, EnglishBudget: $20,000,000 (estimated)