Life Is Beautiful
Year | 1998 |
Starring | Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Nicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni |
Director(s) | Roberto Benigni |
Rating | PG-13 |
Genre(s) | Drama, Romance, War |
Runtime | 116 min |
Guido is an energetic and creative man with a romantic spirit and a sense of adventure. He meets the woman of his dreams; they marry, have a child, and head into a dark period of their lives. There, Guido must shield his young son from Nazi concentration camp horrors through vivid stories invented to disguise the Holocaust as an elaborate game.
Sample Discussion Guide Questions:
Even as Guido was being lead away at gunponit, he acted as though the trip to the camp was a game for his son. Can you recall a time from your childhood that you later learned your parents lied to you to protect you from the truth?
Have you ever lied to someone to protect them from the truth? What was the outcome of the situation?