Life is indeed beautiful

Rating: Null/10 (8 September 2016)

European movies have always been one of my subjects of interest. However, the dominance of Hollywood industry has made it extremely difficult for me to find a time watching a movie made by the European. Thankfully, an opportunity was given to me when my mother asked me to join her in Life is beautiful.
Whether or not this movie is representative of the French film industry, I much enjoyed it. It, surprisingly, portrays World War II in a different light. This does not mean that the cruelty and atrocity made by the Nazis are diminished; the movie looks at the extreme adversity with a rather overly optimistic eye. One may find this way of portrayal rather unrealistic given the fact that no Jews really make out an positive prospect. Yet, in my opinion, it helps the movie stand out from others that depict the war nothing rather than bloodshed.
Love is tactfully highlighted throughout the movie: fatherly love, husband-and-wife love. Again, in times of adversity does one realise the humanity that humans are capable of giving. And how ironic it is when at the same time inhumanity manifests as evident in heartless killings.
There is a notion that is effectively put across through the movie that I wish to emphasise. Life is beautiful not because of coincidences nor whichever Gods that exist, but rather the ordinary people who pay an extra effort to other's life. This, indeed, is beautiful