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Film
Life Is Beautiful
La vita è bella
★ Editor's Pick
Guido, a charming and irrepressibly optimistic Jewish Italian man, wins the heart of a beautiful woman and starts a family in 1930s Tuscany. When the family is deported to a Nazi concentration camp, Guido uses his boundless imagination and humor to shield his young son from the horrific reality around them, convincing the boy it is all an elaborate game with a tank as the grand prize. An emotionally shattering blend of comedy and tragedy, the film is a testament to love and the human will to protect innocence.
Language
Italian
Cast
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bustric
Awards
- Grand Prix — Cannes Film Festival (1998)
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1999)
- Academy Award for Best Actor — Roberto Benigni (1999)
- Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score (1999)
- BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language (1999)
