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UPC: 0717951007179

Format: DVD

Release Year: 1999

Actor: Nicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni

Rating: PG-13

Director: Roberto Benigni

Genre: Drama

Movie/TV Title: Life Is Beautiful

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Conjuring keys and hats out of thin air, Guido (Roberto Benigni), a clever Jewish-Italian waiter, successfully courts Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), a beautiful local woman, in Fascist pre-WWII Italy. His life, however, is turned upside down a few years later when he, Dora, and their young son, Giosué (Giorgio Cantarini), are sent to a Nazi concentration camp. Refusing to give up hope, Guido tries to protect his son's innocence by pretending that their imprisonment is just an elaborate game, with the grand prize being a tank. For years the box-office champ in Italy and the country's most beloved slapstick comic, the Chaplinesque Benigni took a huge risk with LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. Many people worried that the film would be as offensive as plopping a cartoon character in Auschwitz. (A similar work--THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED, a Jerry Lewis film about a comedian in a concentration camp--turned out to be a disaster two decades earlier.) Although LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL did provoke some controversy, many people found the film to be a poignant, tragicomic story that profoundly reaffirmed the humanity of concentration camp victims. The film became the highest grossing foreign language film in the U.S. and established Benigni as an international star.

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Nicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni

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Roberto Benigni

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PG-13

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DVD

Release Year

1999

Movie/TV Title

Life Is Beautiful

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Drama

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Italy

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Nicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni

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19991109

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by privedavi-emzbqz
Feb 10, 2022Top favourable review
How great life can be, despite frightening reality.
It tells a very compelling story about the holocaust; just how much a father will do to spare his son from the reality of what was actually happening. Roberto Benigni very much deserved his Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1999.
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by AngNu-r0RCq@Deleted
Aug 27, 2007
La vita e bella is beautiful!
I never watch a dubbed version of a movie when the original version is available with English subtitles. You miss out on a great deal of the flavour and affect and in this respect you lose a lot in the translation with a dubbed approach. This movie is called "La Vita e bella/Life is beautiful" in the combined Italian/English version and that is how I recommend you purchase it. This is a movie with a lot of potential to teach. It teaches the value of honesty as a way of life in that this can be fully retained when a man is simply acting in a humorous spirit to make life seem more bearable and to spare children an ugly reality that surrounds them. Yet there is a spirit that continues in Benigni's character as a man who'd like to stay sane honestly enough that he will ... I never watch a dubbed version of a movie when the original version is available with English subtitles. You miss out on a great deal of the flavour and affect and in this respect you lose a lot in the translation with a dubbed approach. This movie is called "La Vita e bella/Life is beautiful" in the combined Italian/English version and that is how I recommend you purchase it. This is a movie with a lot of potential to teach. It teaches the value of honesty as a way of life in that this can be fully retained when a man is simply acting in a humorous spirit to make life seem more bearable and to spare children an ugly reality that surrounds them. Yet there is a spirit that continues in Benigni's character as a man who'd like to stay sane honestly enough that he will conjure up a version of events to keep his audience with him and in good humour. Such characters are always trying for as much real honesty as the situation will allow however they have learned a defensive coping mechanism to telling it like it is. And in this respect perhaps his son at the end has a better view of the world than is justified however fact is that he is being lied to by a man who thinks he is being a better father this way. Its a great story that touches on the travesty and the tragedy of the holocaust, as Italian jews were not spared this fate although many were harbored by good Italians who could not go along with Hitler's madness in this respect.
by daddyskeekel
Sep 15, 2006
Heartbreaking, breathtaking, extraordinary... must see!
Despite its horrific subject matter (an Italian-Jewish family sent to a concentration camp during the Holocaust), Life Is Beautiful is hilarious and even uplifting at times. In order to protect his young son, Guido has hidden him inside his barracks at Auschwitz. He tells him that the family is part of a "game" in which whoever wins the most points wins a tank. Throughout the movie, each new challenge the two face together is part of the "game". Those who are hungry but don't complain get points. Those who hide from guards get points and so on. Guido's son "buys" the story and plays the game throughout the movie. The ending, though terribly bittersweet, is extremely touching. The movie continues until the end of the war, and we see the final result of both the war and the ... Despite its horrific subject matter (an Italian-Jewish family sent to a concentration camp during the Holocaust), Life Is Beautiful is hilarious and even uplifting at times. In order to protect his young son, Guido has hidden him inside his barracks at Auschwitz. He tells him that the family is part of a "game" in which whoever wins the most points wins a tank. Throughout the movie, each new challenge the two face together is part of the "game". Those who are hungry but don't complain get points. Those who hide from guards get points and so on. Guido's son "buys" the story and plays the game throughout the movie. The ending, though terribly bittersweet, is extremely touching. The movie continues until the end of the war, and we see the final result of both the war and the "game". It is a refreshingly unique movie about the Holocaust. I realize that there are many, many stories to be told from that experience. And not to downplay any aspect of that horrific time in history, I still feel that the movie hit on some very real emotions and historical events. DO NOT MISS it! Also, be sure to see THIS version--with subtitles. The dubbed version is horrible, as most of them are. Just give in and READ the movie, already! You'll be glad you took the time.
by denisek6485
Feb 02, 2021
One of my favorite films
A little slow at times, but this movie has had a lasting impression on me. The sacrifices we make for the love of our children are portrayed wonderfully in this film. The subtitles are non- problematic. I highly recommend this fabulous movie!
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by judy00700
Apr 20, 2021
Life is Beautiful
I was under the impression that this film was English dubbed but it was sub-titled . Very good movie. I had watched it before on TV. Wish I could find a dubbed version.
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