True Beauty

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 1999)

After seeing Schindler's list not less than four times, I was convinced that nothing more could be said of the holocaust. I was wrong. Life is Beautiful is not only the most profoundly moving story about the holocaust that I have ever seen, but it is perhaps the most powerful story of Life itself that I have ever seen. The film paints the kind of contrast between good and evil that is most reflective of the deepest things of life. Good does not go head to head with Evil here. It transcends it. In this film, Hate cannot overcome or understand Love the way Darkness cannot overcome or understand Light. The main character, Guido Orifice's simple love for his wife and son is so much more true and real than the hate that surrounds him, that the hate loses its power, even its very existence. I was so moved by this film that I couldn't move from my seat after the credits were finished. I had witnessed true beauty in two hours of film.