Film Analysis of Life Is Beautiful

Film Analysis of Life Is Beautiful

“La vita e Bella” is an Italian film; Roberto Benigni starred as the

main character, Guido Orefice, and also directed it. The film was

contentious because of the way Benigni presented its content of the

Holocaust with an unlikely comic slant. Some people thought that it

showed a misrepresentation of the concentration camp, whilst other

thought it showed the triumph. However, in March 1999 it was nominated

for seven academy awards including Best picture and Best director.

Life is beautiful picked up three awards, best foreign film language

film, Best actor and best music original dramatic score. This award

winning film is set in Arezzo, Tuscany. It touches and teaches about

very important historical issues like racism, fascism, concentration

camps and prejudice. It has a mixed genre of comedy, romance, drama,

war and fairytale. The subject of the Holocaust is great importance at

it has greatly influenced history and our lives today.

Benigni stars as the main character, Guido, a Jew. Who falls in love

with his “princess,” a gentile, Dora. Guido saves her from a loveless

marriage on a horse and takes her back to his house. Then there is a

transition shot of seven years. Then you see Dora and Guido come out

followed by there son Giosue. Giosue has a cherished wooden toy tank

which he won’t go anywhere with out. Italy is taken over by Nazis and

Guido and Giosue are taken to a concentration camp. Once Dora

realises that Guido and Giosue have been taken she asks to get on to

train leading to the concentration camp and does so. To stop Giosue

seeing the harsh truth about life in a concentration camp,...

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...makes the film enchanting,

works excellently when he recalls himself as a ‘prince’ and his wife

his ‘princess’ he also carries her off on a white horse called ‘Robin

Hood’. The fairly tale genre works well because it creates a magical

atmosphere and it helps Guido’s and Dora’s relationship develop. The

repetitions work well to highlight the dreadful change between to two

parts. The symbol of the tank works well as most people could relate

to having there favourite toy, it becoming a reason to live is also

telling as most children would pay the world for there toy come into

real life. Finally overall I agree with the second point because I

thought the film was enchanting, emotional and powerful, it gave me a

sense of well-being and triumph at the end when Giosue says “The gift

my dad gave to me was his life, so we won!”