How could one not love this movie?

Rating: 10/10 (3 March 2001)

This movie will make you smile, laugh, but also cry. I have only seen two films from Roberto Benigni (Il Mostro and this) and he's already on my second place of Top Ten Favorite Directors of all time. Guido (Roberto Benigni) is a guy who came to a big town to open a bookstore. There he met a beautiful teacher named Dora (played by Benigni's real wife, Nicoletta Braschi), and, after "stealing" her heart from her fiance and a funny romance, married her. On their son's fifth birthday, they had to go to a concentration camp. But Guido didn't want his son to be sad, so he kept the kid's spirit high and made him believe that life is really beautiful. Truly one of the best movies of all time.