Life Is Beautiful

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.

★ 8.4/10 · 14,307 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Roberto BenigniGuido
• Nicoletta BraschiDora
• Giorgio CantariniGiosué
• Giustino DuranoZio
• Sergio Bini BustricFerruccio
• Marisa ParedesDora's Mother
• Horst BuchholzDoctor Lessing
• Lidia AlfonsiMrs. Guicciardini

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

tubbs: The first half of the screenplay is better than the second and in particular the weak ending which is very commercial Oscar material.… Read full review

r96sk: 'Life Is Beautiful' is certainly beautiful (in a sense), but is acutely haunting too. You can see where the film is heading from… Read full review

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