Life is Beautiful/La Vita E Bella: A Screenplay
by Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
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Winner of the Best Picture at the 1998 European Film Awards and the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. 'A masterpiece. Romantic, hilarious, and astonishingly moving.' Chicago Tribune 1939: Guido, an Italian Jew, comes to a Tuscan town in search of his fortune. He meets and is smitten by schoolteacher Dora, a gentile; but she is already engaged, to a local Fascisto. Nevertheless, Dora is wooed and won by Guido's clownish charm. But the shadow of bigotry threatens to fall show more across their happiness. 1945: Guido and Dora are married, with a son, Giosue. For all Guido's sunny disposition, he cannot ignore the fact that anti-Semitism has become iron law, and he and Giosue are sent to a concentration camp. Begging to be sent with them, Dora is instead confined in an adjoining all-female camp. In the darkest of hours, Guido desperately falls back upon his comedic gift, to try to shield his son from the abysmal fate confronting them. His clowning may be their only hope of survival . . . show lessTags
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A funny, heart-wrenching screen-play set in Italy before and during the second world war. Some vivid characters and good plot development. The film won an Academy Award for Benigni.
Guido, un juif italien de Toscane s'est marié dans les années trente avec Dora, une non-juive. Ils ont eu un fils, Giosue. Pendant la guerre, Guido et Giosue sont déportés dans un camp de la mort. Selon sa propre volonté, Dora les accompagne. Elle survivra à la guerre, ainsi que son fils, mais Guido figurera parmi les 6 millions de juifs qui ont péri.
Le sujet même du film, et de la controverse qui l'entoure, est la façon dont Guido tente de protéger son fils de la mort. Afin qu'il survive, il lui raconte que la déportation, les camps de la mort et les horreurs sont tous des épreuves appartenant à un étrange jeu, excitant même. Un jeu dont les nazis ne sont que des fonctionnaires chargés de faire "respecter les show more règles"... (fonte: Imaj) show less
Le sujet même du film, et de la controverse qui l'entoure, est la façon dont Guido tente de protéger son fils de la mort. Afin qu'il survive, il lui raconte que la déportation, les camps de la mort et les horreurs sont tous des épreuves appartenant à un étrange jeu, excitant même. Un jeu dont les nazis ne sont que des fonctionnaires chargés de faire "respecter les show more règles"... (fonte: Imaj) show less
Oct 27, 2025Italian
La vita è bella è un romanzo scritto da Roberto Benigni e Vincenzo Cerami sul modello della sceneggiatura dell'omonimo film interpretato e diretto da Benigni nel 1997. Il libro è stato pubblicato nel 1998 sia da Rizzoli Editore che dalla casa editrice Einaudi.
Nov 8, 2022Italian
Guión de la película del mismo nombre galardonada con tres Óscar.
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Vincenzo Cerami was born in Rome, Italy on November 2, 1940. He studied at a scientific institute, but became a volunteer assistant to former teacher Pier Paolo Pasolini while he was filming Comizi d'Amore (Love Meetings). He later assisted with Uccellacci e Uccellini (The Hawks and the Sparrows). He soon found work as screenwriter. His film show more credits include I Ragazzi di Via Panisperna (The Boys of Via Panisperna, Il Piccolo Diavolo (The Little Devil), Johnny Stecchino, Il Mostro (The Monster), and La Vita è Bella (Life Is Beautiful). His first novel, Un Borghese Piccolo Piccolo (An Average Little Man), was published in 1976 and was adapted into a film in 1977. His other works include Addio Lenin (Goodbye Lenin) and Alla Luce del Sole (In the Sunlight). He died after a long illness on July 17, 2013 at the age of 72. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- La vita è bella
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- La vita è bella (1997 | IMDb)
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- 791.4372 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Single films
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