Life Is Beautiful (1997)

Name: Life Is Beautiful
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1997
Duration: 116 min
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric

1h 56m Italy

Comedy Drama

Plot

This poignant tale follows a Jewish Italian bookstore owner whose life feels like a whimsical dream. However, his joyful existence shatters when his family is taken to a concentration camp during World War II. In the grim reality of captivity, he inventively reassures his young son that their harrowing experience is merely an elaborate game, striving to protect his child's innocence amidst the darkness surrounding them.

Cast

Roberto Benigni Nicoletta Braschi Giorgio Cantarini Giustino Durano Sergio Bini Bustric Marisa Paredes Horst Buchholz Lidia Alfonsi Giuliana Lojodice Amerigo Fontani Pietro De Silva Francesco Guzzo Raffaella Lebboroni Claudio Alfonsi Gil Baroni