Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13 20 Dec 1997 • Comedy, Drama, Romance • 1h 56m
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish waiter 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.
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Language:
Italian, German, English
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. 72 wins & 52 nominations total
Country:
Italy
Metacritic Score:
59
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Box Office Total:
$57,563,264