Nicoletta Braschi Essays

  • Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful

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    Life is Beautiful is a unique movie. At first, I did not think that I would enjoy it because it was filmed a long time ago. Later as I started watching it, the movie started to grab my attention and got me wondering what is happening next. Roberto Benigni started the movie with his great sense of humor making viewers laugh every time he opens his mouth. Sadly, the movie ended in a horrible sadness as he was shot in the concentration camp because he was trying to save his wife and son. I totally recommend

  • Film Analysis of Life Is Beautiful

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    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

  • Rubino Romeo Salmoni's Life Is Beautiful

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    of a Jewish-Italian bookstore owner who still finds humor in the midst of the holocaust. II. PLOT Set in the backdrop of the world war II of the 1930’s, A Jewish book keeper named Guido (Roberto Benigni) is entranced by schoolteacher Dora (Nicoletta Braschi, Benigni's real-life wife) and eventually became a undeclared rival of Dora’s fiancé. Dora and Guido married and had a son

  • Critical Analysis Of Life Is Beautiful

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    A tale not about survival but about sacrifice Besides being a source of entertainment many films carry a message for the public. The 1997 film, Life Is Beautiful is a tragic comedy directed by and starring Roberto Benigni and is set during the holocaust. This film received several laurels including three Academy Awards. Roberto plays the role of Guido Orefice, a young Jewish who along with his family falls pray to the Nazi death camps. The film is divided into two parts, the first is entirely comic