Life Is Beautiful
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.
Country
Budget
$20 000 000
Box office
$228 847 384
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Gianluigi Braschi, Elda Ferri, Mario Cotone
Camera operator
Composer
Nicola Piovani
Artist
Audition
Shaila Rubin
Editing
Simona Paggi
Whole Team (49)
Whole Team (49)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Some of the film's shooting took place in Arezzo, the director's hometown.
- Roberto Benigni stars in this film with his real wife, Nicoletta Braschi, who played Dora.
- The plot of the film is based on the biography of Rubino Romeo Salmoni – an Italian Jew, a prisoner of Auschwitz. The film's screenplay was created based on Salmoni’s book “I Defeated Hitler” (“Alla fine ho sconfitto Hitler”), in which he describes his time in the death camp. Salmoni died in July 2011.
- According to the director, the film's title comes from the “Testament” of Leon Trotsky, which contains the words: “Life is beautiful. Let future generations cleanse it of evil, oppression, and violence, and enjoy it fully.”
- Roberto Benigni stars in this film with his real-life wife, Nicolette Braschi, who played Dora.
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