The comedy of life

Rating: Null/10 (11 August 1999)

Roberto Benigni directed this wonderful little comedy in a subtle way: by the end,the viewers wonder what kept them so attached to a story that they probably saw many times before. Benigni never lets his camera stare the violence and we might think we are being treated like his little son. But this is a truly wonderful film, probably because it has so heart in it. Benigni's character is shaped under unconsciousness and we ask why he protects his son against something he ignores and refuses to believe. In Italian.