SYNOPSIS

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.

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Review by hymie
Monday, 24 January 2022 22:29
That greatness of human spirit is at the heart of this Italian comedy that won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and three Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor in a Leading Role. Actor/Director Roberto Benigni shows how humour is a rich spiritual resource that enables us to cope with the unexpected and to smile through the unbearable.

Guido (Roberto Benigni) falls in love with Dora (Nicoletta Braschi) the moment he meets her in a small... (more)
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