

Life Is Beautiful
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $230.1M
- Language
- IT
- dying and death
- bookshop
- love of one's life
- nazi
- self sacrifice
- loss of loved one
- italy
- riddle
- mass murder
- concentration camp
- fascism
- holocaust (shoah)
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1322 Oct 1998
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG12 Feb 1999
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMDVD6 May 2006
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG6 Nov 1998
BrazilBR
- Theatrical125 Feb 1999
CzechiaCZ
- TheatricalU1 Apr 1999
- PhysicalDVD, FilmX29 May 2008
FranceFR
- TheatricalU21 Oct 1998
- TV6ter29 Mar 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical612 Nov 1998
HungaryHU
- Theatrical128 Apr 1999
- Physical12DVD1 Oct 2002
- Physical12DVD29 May 2006
- Physical12DVD1 Dec 2010
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG12 Feb 1999
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT20 Dec 1997
LithuaniaLT
- Theatrical15 Dec 2009
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Life Is Beautiful was released on 20 December 1997.
Audience reviews
2- T6/10
tubbs
6/9/2020
The first half of the screenplay is better than the second and in particular the weak ending which is very commercial Oscar material. However, there is Benigni, who is an old school visual comedian, and some of his antics are a delight. The period setting details are also well done.
- R9/10
r96sk
8/17/2025
<em>'Life Is Beautiful'</em> is certainly beautiful (in a sense), but is acutely haunting too. You can see where the film is heading from pretty much the get-go, though that only strengthens the grip that the film had on my mind. Evidently, it's an outstanding piece of filmmaking. I've, of course, seen plenty of flicks that feature this particular historical event, but I gotta say this one had a larger effect on m…
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