The Beauty of Foreign Films

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2010)

Bravo! Once more, we see that certain magical quality of foreign films that make all American counterparts pale in comparison. When you look at the unimaginably great talent of directors like RobertoBenigni, Guillermo Del Toro, Juan Antonia Baytona, etc., you see the majesty of their particular foreign language. In "Life Is Beautiful", or as it is originally titled, "La Vita es Bella", for example, you see the pain of a father and husband as he is taken by Nazi forces and forced to witness the horrors of the Holocaust with those that mean the most for him. I also frown upon those who refuse to watch a film only because it's not in English. I know a lot of people who miss out on such wonderful movies as this for this sole reason. For this film, the only one that has ever made me cry, once again, Bravo!