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    Movie Critic Life is Beautiful In the mid 1900 a Jewish man by the name of Guido Orefice(Roberto Benigni) arrives in Arezzo, Italy to open a bookshop. In the meantime in order to make ends meet he works as a waiter under the watch of his uncle. During a party at his uncle’s hotel Guido accidently crosses Dora, a beautiful school teacher, over the course of the party Guido falls in love with Dora, whom he calls "princess"(princess) and charms her by randomly popping up at unpredictable times

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    Distance the film maintains from realistic depictions of the holocaust enables the director to use history to remind the audience of the moral lessons that it contains. Life is Beautiful begins by stating that it is a fable, defying genre yet still it still sets out in its goal in influencing or creating new values and attitudes. A fable is a story often beyond reality, to provide a moral lesson. Fairy-tale cannon bookends the movie, it begins with a voiceover, “ This is a simple story, but not an

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    historical films are Hidden Figures, Forrest Gump, Gandhi, and Dances with Wolves. Although these films provided a glimpse of the past, no other movie was as artistic as the film ‘Life is Beautiful’. The movie was a fairytale trapped in a historical period filled with misery and survival, which was why I chose it. ‘Life is Beautiful’ is a wonderful masterpiece that provides a glimpse of the Holocaust and the indomitability of humanity even in the midst of inhumanity. The film was set in the late 1930s

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    The movie, Life is Beautiful was released 26th of December 1998. The film was directed by Roberto Benigni, who is also the main character in the film, Guido Orefice. This film is set before World War II began and throughout the war. And finishes with their concentration camp being shut down by American soldiers. Roberto Benigni used several cinematic techniques such as costumes, editing and cinematography to convey the theme of sacrifice throughout the film Life is Beautiful. Roberto Benigni conveys

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    Directed by, and starring Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful is an Italian drama/comedy crossover film produced in 1997, inspired by the book In the End, I Beat Hitler. Benigni plays the protagonist, Guido Orefice who is a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who, with his son, becomes a victim of the holocaust. The film depicts Guido as a character with a fertile imagination, which he uses to his advantage as a shield to his son from the horrors and the truth of internment in a Nazi concentration camp

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    The movie “Life is beautiful” falls into two parts. The first is beautiful romantic comedy while the other makes the viewer want to smile but cry at the same time. Roberto Benigni, who also directed and co-wrote the movie, stars as Guido, a hotel waiter in Italy in the 1930s. Watching his adventures, we are reminded of the legendary Chaplin. The film starts in a scene where Guido arrives in town in a runaway car with failed brakes and is mistaken for a visiting dignitary. He falls in love instantly

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    Life is Beautiful is a 1997 drama film by Roberto Benigni about a family of Italian Jews during the Holocaust of World War Two. The first half of the movie has a way more positive vibe than the second half of the movie. In the first half, Guido moves from his home to go work in his uncle’s hotel. While on his way to his uncle’s house, Guido, meets a woman named Dora. Later in the film, Guido bumps into Dora time and time again. Dora eventually falls for Guido and they have a child named Joshua. At

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    Roberto Benigni’s tragicomedy Life is Beautiful (1997) is a holocaust film set during World War two. The film is about Guido and his predominately Jewish family and their strong love and bond that is evident throughout their hardships. Through a range of film techniques, Benigni represents family love as a passionate and imperishable bond, which is able to endure the worst circumstances. This is evident in the truck scene, Dora boards the train scene and the “Buongornio Principessa!” scene. Several

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    does Benigni show the significance of bravery in the film Life is Beautiful? Life is Beautiful (1997), an Italian comedic drama set in 1939, tells the tale of Guido, a young Jewish man living during the time of World War II, the film follows Guido and his family; from when they were happy living freely to when they are forced to work unfairly in concentration camps. Directed by Roberto Benigni, also known for Pinocchio (2002), Life is Beautiful portrays many important themes and messages to the audience

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    Roberto Benigni’s Life Is Beautiful, is a film that is set in a concentration camp and combines comedy with the seriousness of the extermination of the Jews in Nazi Germany. Benigni’s task in making this film was significant, by taking a tremendous risk, making a “comedy about the Holocaust.” And the fact that he pulled it off so well, despite the expected controversy it has aroused in some quarters, is downright miraculous. Benigni initially accesses the emotions of his audience through simple comedy

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