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Italy's rubber-faced funnyman Roberto Benigni accomplishes the impossible in his World War II comedy Life Is Beautiful: he shapes a simultaneously hilarious and haunting comedy out of the tragedy of the Holocaust. An international sensation and the most successful foreign language film in U.S. history, the picture also earned director-cowriter-star Benigni Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor. He plays the Jewish country boy Guido, a madcap romantic in Mussolini's Italy who wins the heart of his sweetheart (Benigni's real-life sweetie, Nicoletta Braschi) and raises a darling son (the adorable Giorgio Cantarini) in the shadow of fascism. When the Nazis ship the men off to a concentration camp in the waning days of the war, Guido is determined to shelter his son from the evils around them and convinces him they're in an elaborate contest to win (of all things) a tank. Guido tirelessly maintains the ruse with comic ingenuity, even as the horrors escalate and the camp's population continues to dwindle--all the more impetus to keep his son safe, secure, and, most of all, hidden. Benigni walks a fine line mining comedy from tragedy and his efforts are pure fantasy--he accomplishes feats no man could realistically pull off--both of which have drawn fire from a few critics. Yet for all its wacky humor and inventive gags, Life Is Beautiful is a moving and poignant tale of one father's sacrifice to save not just his young son's life but his innocence in the face of one of the most evil acts ever perpetrated by the human race. --Sean Axmaker
| ACTORS: | Nicoletta Braschi |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 23 October, 1998 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Miramax |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Adult Situations, Bittersweet, Color, Comedy Drama, Crimes Against Humanity, Drama, Fathers and Sons, Feature, Foreign Film - Italian, Foreign Film [Dub Or Subtitle], Heartwarming, High Artistic Quality, International, Italian, Italy, Life Under Occupation, Menacing, Movie, Period Film, Poignant |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | D17490D |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 717951003089 |
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Customer Reviews of Life Is Beautiful
A masterpiece! No movie i have ever seen takes you on such an emotional ride as this film. From hilarity, to a romance comedy, to the horrors of a concentration camp and tragedy and finally a glorious sweet ending. <
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>This movie is about 3 people and their love for each other in facist Italy. A man, wife and child. Unfortunately the father and son are abducted and taken to a concentration camp because they are jewish. Their mother who is not jewish insists that they take her on that train also. That's love, that's courage. From the beginning guido tries to convince his son that it is really a game. As someone who has a son close to that age i can imaging the gut wrenching pain of knowing your son is hungry, scared and miserable. Guido's lies help soften the suffering some. Nothing in this movie makes light of what went on there. His son escapes death only because he hates taking baths and is able to sneak back to their quarters. You see the hard labor, you see their numbers declining as more "don't make it". You see the cold heart of a nazi doctor who was a friend of guido years back but makes no effort to help him. <
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>Any reviewer who claims this makes light of the holocaust didn't see the movie. <
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>A beautiful film. One of the best in the decade of the 90s.
Life is Beautiful
This is a beautiful story about what a man will do to protect his family in the time of crisis.
MASTER PIECE
So much taste in the story telling, only an italian could do it!