Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful82%

Movie 1997-12-20 1h 56m Comedy Drama Academy Awards 3 David di Donatello for Best Film 1 César Award for Best Foreign Film 1 European Film Award for Best Film 1
★ 8.4 / 10 · 14,136 votes
Ratings
Combined
82.3 %
9 sources
IMDb
8.6 /10
819,784 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80 %
92 votes
Metacritic
58 %
32 votes
Letterboxd
4.4 /5
821,971 votes
RT Audience
96 %
15,230 votes
TMDB
84 %
14,149 votes
Trakt
86 %
12,213 votes
Metacritic Users
8.3 /10
375 votes
Roger Ebert
3.5 /10

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.

Status
Released
Released
1997-12-20
Runtime
1h 56m
Box office
$230,098,753
Studios
Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D. , Melampo Cinematografica
Country
Italy
Links
IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd

Awards

Won 3 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 3 won · 6 nominated

  • 1999 Best Film Editing Nominated
  • 1999 International Submission to the Academy Awards Nominated
  • 1999 Best Actor Won Roberto Benigni
  • 1999 Best Original Dramatic Score Won Nicola Piovani
  • 1999 Best International Feature Film Won
  • 1999 Best Picture Nominated
  • 1999 Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated
  • 1999 Best Director Nominated Roberto Benigni
  • — Best Director Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 nominated

  • 1999 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated Giustino Durano

David di Donatello for Best Director 1 nominated

  • — Best Director Nominated

David di Donatello for Best Film 1 won

  • — Best Film Won

César Award for Best Foreign Film 1 won

  • — Best Foreign Film Won

European Film Award for Best Film 1 won

  • 1998 Best Film Won Melampo Cinematografica, Roberto Benigni

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Director
Roberto Benigni
Cast
Roberto Benigni Roberto Benigni Guido Nicoletta Braschi Nicoletta Braschi Dora Giorgio Cantarini Giorgio Cantarini Giosué Giustino Durano Giustino Durano Zio Sergio Bini Bustric Sergio Bini Bustric Ferruccio Marisa Paredes Marisa Paredes Dora's Mother Horst Buchholz Horst Buchholz Doctor Lessing Lidia Alfonsi Lidia Alfonsi Mrs. Guicciardini Giuliana Lojodice Giuliana Lojodice School Principal Amerigo Fontani Amerigo Fontani Rodolfo Pietro De Silva Pietro De Silva Bartolomeo Francesco Guzzo Francesco Guzzo Vittorino
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