Highly Recommended

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2013)

This movie can easily be called Italian Cinema's greatest gift to mankind. I disagree with those who claim that this movie underplays atrocities of Nazi Germany as I believe it was not intention of the maker to portray them. The whole point of the movie is to show that one may lose everything and live under the harshest conditions but he/she never loses the freedom to choose his/her behavior under those circumstances. I believe this movie is more of an appreciation of Jewish struggle and their "will to life" rather than a condemnation of actions of Nazis. Roberto Benigni's marvelous acting and direction makes a piece worth watching.