Life Is Beautiful
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Life Is Beautiful is a 1997 Italian period comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian booksho
English-language release poster
The film was shot in Arezzo, Tuscany, including by the Badia delle Sante Flora e Lucilla.
Roberto Benigni received positive reviews for his film and performance, which he starred in with his wife Nicoletta Braschi.
71st Academy Awards
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The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21, 1999, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in L
Life Is Beautiful
…Cannes Film Festival, nine David di Donatello Awards (including Best Film), five Nastro d'Argento Awards in Italy, two European Film Awards, and three Academy Awards, including Best International Feature Film and Best Actor for Benigni, the first for a male non-English-language performance. In 1939, in Fascist Italy…
Official poster by Arnold Schwartzman
Edward Zwick, Best Picture co-winner
Steven Spielberg, Best Director winner
Roberto Benigni, Best Actor and Best Foreign Language Film winner