Life Is Beautiful

8.5

Italy

Comedy Drama

116 min

1997

Massimo Bianchi Daniela Fedtke Adelaide Alaïs Omero Antonutti Andrea Tidona Richard Sammel Massimo Salvianti Gina Rovere Antonio Prester Franco Mescolini Hannes Hellmann Aaron Craig Giancarlo Cosentino Verena Buratti Roberto Benigni Claudio Alfonsi Raffaella Lebboroni Francesco Guzzo Pietro De Silva Amerigo Fontani Giuliana Lojodice Lidia Alfonsi Horst Buchholz Marisa Paredes Sergio Bini Bustric Giustino Durano Giorgio Cantarini Nicoletta Braschi

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.