Beyond Ratings... The Best Movie I Have Ever Seen.

Rating: 10/10 (8 April 2016)

Usually I don't write reviews but this movie was so Beautiful I couldn't resist the urge to write about it.
Movies based on (World) War and Holocaust and Humanity like "Schindler's List", "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" and "The Book Thief" always evoke strongest emotions in me but because it's a foreign language movie I was avoiding it. Today as I stared watching this (with subtitles), in no time I forgot that fact.
Holocaust is just the backdrop but the movie is actually about father-son relationship, love and hope. Looking at the first half and guessing by the name I was waiting for the perfect happy ending, then Guido died and I just refused to believe that.
At the last scene when Giosue finally got his First Prize his expression made my heart feel happy and then knowing that his father Guido is dead my heart was sunk deep in the ocean of sadness. At the last shot when Giosue was explaining to his mother Dora how he won the prize and is going take it to home, my heart melted and I stared crying Like a child or as If I lost someone close to me.
For the first time I feel the real power of cinema, it touched the right chords. The right mix of humor, romance, drama, history and tragedy made this a real classic. It reminded me that it is not always about happy endings but indeed Life Is Beautiful...