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La Vita è Bella
Review of Roberto Benigni's film
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The story is set in Italy, during the second
world war. Guido, a Jewish waiter, attempts to win the heart of the woman he loves despite
her being promised to another, an influential and wealthy man. His kindness, ingenuity and
humour convince her to leave her rich family and marry him instead. However, their greatest
challenge is yet to come a few years later, when Guido and his family begin to suffer from
anti-semitism. Guido is determined to save his child's innocence from the atrocities of the
war at any cost and uses his imaginative talents to protect his son from the horrors
unraveling all around them. |
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| This is a bittersweet story of love, courage and dignity in the midst of the insane chaos
and hatred which is war. Innocent, true and honest, this film does not sink into
melodramatic sensationalism. Though explicit violence is kept to a strict minimum, this
new approach which opposes sweetness to utmost cruelty gives an even more poignant and
painful rendering of life in the nazi concentration camps. |
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| This film reveals the utter stupidity and injustice of war. Wars, as the playwright
Giraudoux rightly explained, are caused by people who do not fight them and will only gain
from them. |
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