Filmboxd Logo

Filmboxd

1997

Life Is Beautiful

Directed by Roberto Benigni
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.

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.

Duration

1h 56m

Released

December 20, 1997

Revenue

$230,098,753

You´re not logged yet? Do it here

8.4

Rating13,460

Views0

Likes0

Lists601

Cast54

  • Roberto Benigni
  • Nicoletta Braschi
  • Giorgio Cantarini
  • Giustino Durano
  • Sergio Bini Bustric
  • Marisa Paredes
  • Horst Buchholz
  • Lidia Alfonsi
  • Giuliana Lojodice

Recommended Films

  • Love, Divided
  • The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold
  • Try Seventeen
  • Oh, My Love
  • Last Orders
  • Our Time Will Come
  • Stealing Beauty
  • Dead Man on Campus
  • The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
  • In the Company of Men
  • My Wife Is an Actress
  • La fortaleza
  • Bones of Crows
  • Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
  • The Sound of Music
  • OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
  • A Good Woman
  • The Grey Zone
  • Mystery, Alaska
  • A Man Escaped