Life is Beautiful. La vita è bella

[CabooseRvB]

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'Life is Beautiful' is a movie that is based during World War II. It encircles the life of an Italian Jew named Guido who soon marries a beautiful wife; whom gave birth to a son named Joshua. During the war Guido and his son were deported to a concentration camp set in Italy. Guido fabricated a lie to tell Joshua that it was all a game in order to protect him from the horrors of the Holocaust, saying if Joshua 'wins' he will get a tank as a reward.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y9aKqawdUQ&feature=related[/media]

[Canuhearme?]

I remember this movie, the ending made me sad :smith:

[pie_is_good]

I have the movie on DVD but I haven't watched it yet. It's also worth noting that over in Italy, Roberto Benigni plays in a lot of comedies so him taking on this material is sort of a tough move.

Really, stay away from his version of Pinocchio.

[CabooseRvB]

[QUOTE=pie_is_good;25387088]
Really, stay away from his version of Pinocchio.[/QUOTE]

That was fucking hilarious.

[Publius]

Never seen this but we have it on DVD somewhere. I like Roberto Benigni.

[KnightLight]

This was a good movie. I loved the bit with "Maria, the Key!" Such a fun, clever character, it made the contrast to the horror around them all the more apparent.

[Invadernouga]

Sad movie, I didn't really like it due to the bit of unrealism.

[CabooseRvB]

I should also recommend that you [b]do not[/b] watch it with English voice-actors

[lum1naire]

Watched it in English class last year. Was a great movie.

[adadadsd]

My Spanish teacher mad my whole class watch this. Definitely fun to watch with an entire class of people, especially at the sad parts.

[editline]13th October 2010[/editline]

I remember when he [sp]got shot[/sp] It was just, silence...

[FrankWell]

I shed a manly tear at the end of this movie.

[z0rz]

I remember watching it, very creative movie indeed.. It felt very uplifting and happy in comparison to most holocaust movies.

[sottaly]

I remember watching this in English last year. Great movie. [sp]No one expected him to die in the end.[/sp]

[Hoob]

We watched this in school a few years ago, I thought it was a great movie.

Although it's really hard to enjoy a good movie when there's kids next to you going "Lol fucking jews dey gon' get killed ololol." the whole time.

I might get around to watching it again some time.

[pie_is_good]

[QUOTE=Sottalytober;25406724]I remember watching this in English last year. Great movie. [sp]No one expected him to die in the end.[/sp][/QUOTE]

Thank you for telling us that without spoiler tags. We all wanted to know. Especially the ones who haven't watched the movie like myself.

[Zabe Aeiger]

I love this movie.

[Cl0cK]

Really fantastic film, it's got a really powerful ending.

[PrivRyan]

I love this movie.
Ending made me sad, and was really hoping that he [sp]somehow smoothed his way out of getting shot.[/sp]

[The-Redneck]

Great movie... I watch it every now and then. Only way to watch it is with the proper Italian audio with subs.

[CabooseRvB]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xBhbDgJtAE[/media]

[Henry Townshend]

A family member recommended it and I watched it, and I didn't expect to like it so much.

[sgtshock]

Saw this movie in my senior year of high school. Amazing film, ending was really sad, though I did smile when [sp]the kid gets found by an American tank crew, and the he thinks he finally got his tank.[/sp].

[greenbandit]

I've seen this movie a couple of times, and each time, I shed manly tears.

[Julymoore79]

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'Life is Beautiful' is a movie that is based during World War II. It encircles the life of an Italian Jew named Guido who soon marries a beautiful wife; whom gave birth to a son named Joshua. During the war Guido and his son were deported to a concentration camp set in Italy. Guido fabricated a lie to tell Joshua that it was all a game in order to protect him from the horrors of the Holocaust, saying if Joshua 'wins' he will get a tank as a reward.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y9aKqawdUQ&feature=related[/media][/QUOTE]

It makes me want to watch the movie again! what an incredibly sad and cute story at the same time.

[kevlar jens]

Great film.

[Ringo_Satu]

This movie... It would make a rock weep.
No need to see that I cried after watching it. I cried like a damn baby...

[sottaly]

[QUOTE=pie_is_good;25407110]Thank you for telling us that without spoiler tags. We all wanted to know. Especially the ones who haven't watched the movie like myself.[/QUOTE]

Ah fuck my bad. Forgot to SP it.

[CabooseRvB]

:byodood: it's not on netflix insta-watch!!!!

[CabooseRvB]

Dr. Lessing: "Fat, fat, ugly, ugly, truly all yellow, if you ask me where I am, I tell you: 'Cheep, cheep, cheep!' When I walk I go 'Pop! Pop!' Who am I? tell me a little."

[sp]A Jew[/sp]

[Swiket]

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;25393288]I should also recommend that you [b]do not[/b] watch it with English voice-actors[/QUOTE]
Even the [sp]American soldier at the end[/sp] is re-dubbed for some reason.

Speaking of the English dub, remember the Snow White riddle, where the answer is seven seconds? In Italian, the answer is seven "minuti", which is a pun on the Italian words for "minutes" and "dwarves".