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MOVIE · 1997

Life Is Beautiful

Italian original · 116 min

★ 8.4 TMDB · 14,241 votes

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.

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Original title
La vita è bella
Release date
1997-12-20
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Production countries
Italy

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