Life Is Beautiful

Name: Life Is Beautiful
Director: Roberto Benigni
Genre: comedy
Released: 1997
Rating: 8.4

La vita è bella

1997ItalyLanguage: itDirected by Roberto Benigni★ 8.4

Available in English: subtitled

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.

Themes and style

Tone

warmmelancholicdark comedyhauntinghopeful

Pacing

episodicslow build to explosion

Story

survivalescape

Emotion

griefsacrificeall-consuming loveloss of innocencethe family you choose

Themes

life under oppressionfamily wounds passed downfear of the outsiderfamily duty

Feel

emotionally wreckingcatharticgut punchcrowd pleaserdiscussion starter

Violence

suggestive

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