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La vita è bella
An unforgettable fable that proves love,
family and imagination conquer all.




Directed by: Roberto Benigni
Country/Language: Italy (italian)
Genre: Drama & comedy
Time: 122 minutes
Also known as: Life is beautiful
Certification: US: -13
Awards: Cannes 98 : Grand Prix du jury


French title: "La vie est belle"
Release date: 21-10-98
Certification: allowed to everybody (U)
My favorite magazine's opinion:
 Premiere - France: 3,33 out of 4
Box office (France only): October 98: not in the 20 first yet
See the classement
Starring:
Roberto Benigni .... Guido Orefice
Giorgio Cantarini .... Giosué
Nicoletta Braschi .... Dora
Giustino Durano .... Uncle
Sergio Bini Bustric .... Ferruccio Orefice
Marisa Paredes .... Dora's Mother
Horst Buchholz .... Dr. Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi .... Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice .... School principal
Amerigo Fontani .... Rodolfo
Pietro De Silva .... Bartolomeo
Francesco Guzzo .... Vittorino
Raffaella Lebboroni .... Elena
The plot:
In 1938 Guido Orefici (Roberto Benigni) arrives in a small Toscan town where he wants to open a bookshop. As he can't open it he decides to work as a waiter at the Grand Hotel where he meets Dora (Nicoletta Braschi). She's a rich school-teacher who's due to marry a civil servant who's close to the fascist party. Guido falls in love with her and decides to conquer her. He finally manages to "kidnap" her during the engagement party. When the war begins they are married and parents of a 5-years-old kid, Giosué. Because of their jewish origins, Guido and the kid are sent to an extermination camp. Till the end of the war Guido will try his best to hide the horror of the camp from Giosué. The solution is to make him believe that the camp is only a big game organised for the prisonners.
My comments:
OK, I will be brief, this movie is a real masterpiece !! Hundreds of movies have been made on the Holocaust but Roberto Benigni has really made something original here. The rhythm of the movie recalls us of classical movies and Benigni manages to find the exact measure between drama and comedy. This movie is really meraviglioso !!!
My mark: (mark= 4 / 4)
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