Life Is Beautiful
La vita è bella
1997 · 1h 56m · Comedy, Drama · Italy · Rated PG-13 (US)
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.
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.
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Roberto Benigni8.4Smart score
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bookshopcharadeconcentration campconcentration camp prisonerdarkdark comedydeportationdying and deathfascismholocaust (shoah)italyjew persecutionloss of loved onelove of one's lifemass murdernational socialismnazinazi germanyriddleriding a bicycleromcomself sacrificestory tellerwarworld war ii
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