An extraordinary, but very disturbing, movie

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2000)

[Possible spoilers]
Benigni plays a remarkably ingenious person who uses his talents first in a wonderful wooing and then to protect his son in a concentration camp. Benigni is simply marvelous; his outrageous behaviour and brilliant coups are always believable. The second half of the movie I found very disturbing, a mix of horror and wonder. This is one of the best movies I have seen.