Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

1997-12-20 · 116 min · Rating 8.44/10 (13882 votes)

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.

Comedy Drama

Keywords

bicicleta bookshop charade concentration camp concentration camp prisoner dark dark comedy deportation dying and death fascism holocaust (shoah) hopeful italy jew persecution livraria loss of loved one love of one's life mass murder national socialism nazi nazi germany nazismo prisão riddle riding a bicycle romcom segunda guerra mundial self sacrifice story teller war