#1 of 1997
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
1997 · 116 minutes · Directed by Roberto Benigni
IMDb rating8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Box office gross$230.1M
Synopsis
Part I In 1939, in Fascist Italy, young, comical and sharp Italian Jew Guido Orefice arrives to work in Arezzo, Tuscany, with his uncle Eliseo in a hotel restaurant. He falls in love with Dora, a Gentile young woman. Later, Guido sees her again in the city where she is a teacher and set to be engaged to Rodolfo, a rich but arrogant local government official with whom he regularly clashes.
Starring
Roberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio CantariniGiustino Durano
- Box office
- $230.1 million
- Budget
- Lit. 15 billion (~ 12.8 million €)
- IMDb votes
- 827,036
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