"Life is Beautiful"
Film 2 (365) Life is Beautiful Guido (Roberto Benigni) brings Dora (Nicoletta Braschi) to his home after helping her escape from her birthday party in Life is Beautiful . "Life is Beautiful" is one of those films I always put on the back burner with little interest in watching. I was in high school when this film was released in the US in 1999. I remember most vividly Roberto Benigni jumping over the seats at the Academy Awards as he climbed his way to the stage to accept his Oscar. Truthfully I didn't really know what the movie was about. It was in Italian and it took place during the war. Benigni road a bicycle through the streets with a goofy grin on his face. That's all I knew. Boring… Boy, what was wrong with me!? This film is extremely touching. The trailer I've embedded below is quite deceiving. I ensure you this film will make you laugh hard and gut punch you with reality a moment later. I can't really say it's like anything I...