Life Is Beautiful

I find it sad that so many people are so narrow-minded that they will not watch a movie that is black and white or, in this case, is subtitled. I feel sorry for people who refuse to watch a movie like Life Is Beautiful just because it is a foreign film. They have no idea what a beautifully acted and directed film this is, and they'll never know what an amazing experience they are missing. Life Is Beautiful manages to walk the extremely thin line between humor, fantasy, and tragedy. Sure, the film is clearly comedic, but nevertheless it manages to very effectively communicate the tremendous losses suffered in the Nazi concentration camps and has scenes at least as intense as any scene in Schindler's List. This is one of the best films that I have ever seen. It manages to be so encompassing that you hardly notice the subtitles are even there. I proudly cast my vote of 10.

La Vita è Bella (1997), is a bittersweet story of a Jewish-Italian waiter—Guido—who presents us to his sweet and delightful fantasy world with his quite comical yet, additionally, endearing nature. The film opens up with an utterly enchanting love story between Guido and an elegant school teacher named Dora, who ultimately marry and have an endearing little son—Giosué. Unfortunately, with the film being set during the World War II phase, their happiness is ceased when Guido and his family are sent to a concentration camp, separating Guido and Giosué from Dora. The quite moving, yet heart breaking part of this film is when Guido attempts to divert his son from the reality of their situation in order to conserve him by telling him that the concentration camp is some form of game that comes with a grand price. The beauty, heartache and authenticity of this film is extremely astounding to me. La Vita è Bella brought me so many different forms of emotions. This is a 100% recommended movie from me. Watch in Italian!