La vita è bella (1997)

Movie: La vita è bella (1997)

“In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank. Written by Anthony Hughes {husnock31@hotmail.com}”

• Director: Roberto Benigni
• Release Date: 23 October 1998 (USA)
• Run Time: 116 min | USA:118 min (English dubbed version)
• Country: Italy
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Romance , War
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for holocaust-related thematic elements.

Tagline: An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.

Trivia: Before they go to sleep Guido and Ferruccio have a few jokes about the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. Schopenhauer was a favorite writer of Hitler.

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.