Life Is Beautiful (1998)

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Alternately harrowing and funny, this Oscar-winning Holocaust story features writer/director/star Roberto Benigni as a Jewish innocent living in a small Italian village with his wife and son in 1939. When father and son are sent to a concentration camp, Benigni uses games and humor to shield the boy from the surrounding horrors. Nicoletta Braschi and Giorgio Cantarini also star. 116 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English; "making of" featurette; TV spots; theatrical trailer. In Italian with English subtitles/Dubbed in English.

Academy Award ®

Winner: Best Actor (Roberto Benigni), Best Foreign Film, Best Score (Dramatic Picture)

Nominee: Best Picture, Best Director (Roberto Benigni), Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing

SKU: D15794

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Category:: Foreign
Director:: Roberto Benigni
Rated:: PG13
Color:: Color
Format:: Widescreen
Closed Captioned:: Yes; Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bustric, Lydia Alfonsi, Giuliana Lojodice, Amerigo Fontani, Pietro Desilva, Francesco Guzzo, Raffaella Lebboroni, Giorgio Cantarini, Marisa Paredes, Wolfgang Hillinger, Gina Rovere, Richard Sammel, Horst Buchholz, Jonathan Nichols
Also On:: Blu-ray Widescreen

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Life Is Beautiful (1998)

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