This 2022 marks 25 years since “Life is Beautiful” made it to the big screen. Directed, written and starring Robert Benignithis film presents one of the most moving plots in the history of cinema, which continues to earn recognition for the aforementioned artist, who was honored at the last edition of the Venice Film Festival for his outstanding career.
Undoubtedly, the plot of the film stirred deep fibers in the hearts of the public and specialized critics, which is why it went beyond its native Italy to reach the Oscar of 1999 up to seven categories, including best film. However, he only took the award in three of them: best actor, best music and best foreign film.
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A tragicomedy with war in the background
Although the title “Life is Beautiful” It may sound very inspiring, the story of this acclaimed feature film is far from a fantasy tale. It is a tragicomedy that places us in the Italy of the 30s, when World War II was in full swing.
In this context, Benigni interprets guide Oreficea Jewish man who falls madly in love with a teacher named dora. They both live their love and have their son Giosue. When they form their family, they move to the house of Eliseo Orefice, the protagonist’s uncle, to enjoy happy days without realizing that a war is taking place in the background.
The unnoticed turns into a major scandal a short time later, when German troops arrest Guido and the rest of his relatives and take them to a concentration camp. Up to this point, everything paints a picture as dark as it sounds, but not for the child.
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The loving father is not going to allow his firstborn to suffer, so he invents that all the confusion in Hitler’s land is part of an ambitious global game. Thus, the lord tells Giosue that he must complete ‘tasks’ for the ‘moderators’ of the camp, while he avoids a dangerous fate.
This is how, with cunning and ingenious overtones of comedy, he can save his son. He even gets to be a translator for a German officer even though he doesn’t speak a single word of the language. With all this, he soon realizes that time is short.
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The sacrifice of an incomparable love
Towards the end of “Life is beautiful”, Benigni gives us what is probably one of the saddest scenes in the history of cinema. Shortly after the arrival of the allied forces at the concentration camp, Guido manages to hide Giosue in a kind of metal box. To continue his adventurous spark, he tells her to be quiet because everyone is looking for him, as he could be the outright winner of this deadly game.
However, the man knows that he is closer to death than to reuniting his family and fleeing the place. Everything gets worse when a guard holds him before the attentive gaze of the boy, who observes everything from a small crack in his momentary refuge.
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By making a mocking march of a soldier and without paying much attention to what the guard told him, the protagonist is led to his death in a dark alley, from which only the sound of a machine gun fired to take the life of a man can be heard. who sacrificed himself to make sure his son can grow up and know that life is beautiful.
The next morning, Giosue comes out of hiding and runs into America’s tank: he has won the game his father invented for him and is eager to tell his mother, whom he manages to see soon after. A closing that, without a doubt, remains in the memory of thousands of spectators.
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