Poster Life Is Beautiful

Title: Life Is Beautiful

Original Title: La vita è bella

Year: 1997

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: February 12 1999
  • United States: October 23 1998

Plot

A few years before the World War II starts, a young man named Guido arrives in a small village in the Italian Tuscany with the intention of opening a bookstore. He meets Dora, the girlfriend of the fascist Ferruccio. Since the moment Guido sees Dora, falls in love with her. Conquer her is no easy task, but finally he achieves it. Both are married and they have a son, Giosue. With the advent of war and Nazism, the Jews as they are, have very difficult to get ahead. And harder still when Guido and Giosue are sent to a concentration camp. When Dora hear it, also overwhelms on a train to be with them. Once there, Guido will do everything possible to make believe his son that everything is a game and not see the camp as it really is.

Awards

Cast

Director:

Roberto Benigni Roberto Benigni

Marisa Paredes

Marisa Paredes

Dora's Mother

Giustino Durano

Giustino Durano

Guido's uncle

Richard Sammel

Richard Sammel

Ufficiale stanzioncina

Videos

'Life is Beautiful' Original Trailer 1:39

Photos

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Trivia

Soundtrack from 'Life Is Beautiful'

Belle nuit (Barcarolle)

Compuesta por

Jacques Offenbach Jules Barbier

Interpretada por

Montserrat Caballé soprano Shirley Verrett mezzo soprano

Marcia Reale

Compuesta por

Giuseppe Gabetti

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