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- Release Date: October 23, 1998YahooMovies: Life Is Beautiful
- Director: Roberto BenigniTheNewYorkTimes: Life Is Beautiful
- Screenwriter: Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo CeramiTheNewYorkTimes: Life Is Beautiful
- Producer: Gianluigi BraschiTheNewYorkTimes: Life Is Beautiful
- Distributor: Miramax FilmsYahooMovies: Life Is Beautiful
- MPAA Rating: PG-13 for Holocaust elementsYahooMovies: Life Is Beautiful
- Run time: 2 hrs. 2 min.YahooMovies: Life Is Beautiful
- Won 3 OscarsIMBd.com: Vita é bella, La
- Awards: 52 other wins, 27 nominationsIMBd.com: Vita é bella, La
- Languages: Italian, English, GermanIMBd.com: Vita é bella, La
- Country: ItalyTheNewYorkTimes: Life Is Beautiful
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Also known as La vita é bella, Roberto Benigni wrote, directed, and starred in this Italian film. It is set in 1939 and is a comedy and drama.YahooMovies: Life Is Beautiful
Plot Summary
Benigni plays Guido, an Italian Jew who wins the love of Dora. They have a son, Giosue, and raise him as World War II progresses. The family is taken to a concentration camp, where Guido uses comedy and imagination to pretend that the concentration camp is just a game to play along with in order to protect Giosue from the reality of the Holocaust.YahooMovies: Life Is BeautifulCast
- Roberto Benigni: Guido Orefice
- Nicoletta Braschi: Dora Orefice
- Giorgio Cantarini: Giosue Orefice
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Life Is Beautiful on Amazon
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Life Is Beautiful (La Vita E Bella) - $17.98
One of 1998's better soundtracks also follows the most simple of formulas. Nicola Piovani's score for Life Is Beautiful is an impressionistic soundtrack at its finest--a del...Amazon
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Life Is Beautiful - $19.99
An inspired motion picture masterpiece, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL was nominated for 7 Academy Awards(R) -- winning 3 Oscars, including one for Best Actor Robert Benigni. In this extraordin...Amazon
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Life Is Beautiful Questions
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