Join us for a foreign film from the library's collection. Today's film is "Life is Beautiful" (1997), directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who also co-wrote the script.
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.
"Life is Beautiful," won numerous international awards, including 3 Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Music. It is in Italian with English subtitles and rated PG-13.
Library Contact: Beth Noll, bnoll@aclib.us, 352-334-1272
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