life is beautiful

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2002)

This is a a great film and a beautiful love story between man and woman forgotten over recent film-making. Bellini shows a difficult story with humor and grace that even most people can relate too. When Guido finally gets his princess, their happiness is disturbed by the concentration camps and the Holocaust. Even Bellini brings necessary humor to comfort his only son from the evil of war. It's a heart-breaking film with Roberto playing the main character, his real-life wife plays his wife on screen in this film and often in others as his love interest. The little boy who plays his son is also wonderful. The film itself is a visual beauty to watch at first. It makes you want to pack up and head to Rome.