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Life Is Beautiful (1997)
When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
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Guido -
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Zio -
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Direttrice Didattica
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Rodolfo -
Bartolomeo
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Vittorino
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Elena
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Amico Rodolfo
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Prefetto
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Director:
Roberto BenigniWriters:
Vincenzo Cerami (story and screenplay by), Roberto Benigni (story and screenplay by)All Cast & Crew
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Roberto Benigni became only the fourth person to be nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screenplay in the same year. The other recipients of this accolade are Orson Welles for Citizen Kane (1941), Woody Allen for Annie Hall (1977) and Warren Beatty for both Heaven Can Wait (1978) & Reds (1981), though "Heaven Can Wait" was ... ...
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Giosué Orefice:
This is a simple story... but not an easy one to tell.
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When Dora kisses Guido under the table, her head is tilted to the right then is tilted to the left in the next shot.
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Genres
Comedy | Drama | WarDetails
Release Date:
12 February 1999Language
Italian, German, English
Country of Origin
ItalyBox Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£87,818 (UK) (14 February 1999)
Gross:
$57,598,247 (USA) (3 October 1999)
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