Life Is Beautiful
La vita è bella
“ An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all. ”
CINEMA1997-12-20
DIGITAL2020-08-01
RegionIT
Runtime116 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / DirectorRoberto Benigni
KEYWORDS
dying and deathbookshoplove of one's lifenaziself sacrificeloss of loved oneitalyriddlemass murderconcentration campfascismholocaust shoahworld war iideportationjew persecutionstory tellerriding a bicyclenational socialismdark comedycharadeconcentration camp prisonerromcomdarknazi germanyhopeful
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