Life Is Beautiful

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2013)

Isa TeRonde: The insightful movie Life is Beautiful, is funny, romantic, and will bring tears to your eyes. The lead role Guido (Roberto Benigni) plays the role of a brave Italian man who after some work owns a Jewish bookstore. When Guido first arrives to Italy he falls quickly in love with an engaged woman named Dora (Nicoletta Braschi). Throughout Guido works hard to make the best of what he has, and truly shows that you can be happy with anything. The film is set in WW II, but none the less Guido has a positive attitude about even the worst imaginable circumstances. This is very similar to the book Maus, by Art Spiegelman, in the way that it takes place during the Holocaust. Vladek from Maus and Guido from Life is Beautiful, fight to keep those important people in their lives alive and put their loved ones as their first priority. These are both tragic stories, but can open the eyes of the ones reading or watching. Life is beautiful was an eye opening movie, with a beautiful twist.