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La vita è bella
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Vincenzo Cerami (story) &
Roberto Benigni (story)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 October 1998 (USA) more
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Tagline:
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.
Plot:
A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 27 nominations more
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(33 articles)
The 15 Worst Movies of the Decade
 (From FilmSchoolRejects. 14 December 2009, 2:58 PM, PST)

Twice the glitz and glamour?
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 5 December 2009, 4:10 PM, PST)

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The Best Movie I've seen for a long long time more (841 total)

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Also Known As:
Life Is Beautiful (UK) (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for holocaust-related thematic elements.
Runtime:
116 min | USA:118 min (English dubbed version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Roberto Benigni says the title comes from a quote by Leon Trotsky. In exile in Mexico, knowing he was about to be killed by Stalin's assassins, he saw his wife in the garden and wrote that, in spite of everything, "life is beautiful". more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Dora told Guido that her father could make her do whatever he wanted and Guido makes an analogy with the jewel box, we see him with his right arm extended as he starts the sentence, but the scene suddenly changes as he continues, but his hand is near his chest. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Giosué Orefice: [narrating as an adult] This is a simple story... but not an easy one to tell.
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Referenced in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Beautiful that way more

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192 out of 241 people found the following comment useful.
The Best Movie I've seen for a long long time, 6 December 1999
10/10
Author: kvonarx from Halifax, Canada

I am surprised about the negative comments that some people made on this web-page. I can see how some people might not experience the same kind of uplift or joy that most of us lived through when seeing the movie. But that some viewers felt insulted and betrayed because the movie did not depict "reality" as it really was or is, is not fair.

I must concur with my fellow proponents of the movie -- it was a great and very satisfying movie. It provided me with something that everyone in one or another shape or form needs -- Hope. The movie showed the cruelty of life and yet managed to shed some light and insight into the beauty of love and life in general.

I urge anyone who has not seen La Vita è bella to go out there and watch it. If we all take with us just little bit of that hope and love that this movie is trying to convey; this world would be a much better place.

Thank you for reading this and I hope you enjoyed or will enjoy the movie as much as I did.



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