Life is Beautiful
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Israeli triumph for Italian Holocaust film
It had the makings of an all-time cinematic disaster. A romantic comedy about the Holocaust made by an Italian gentile was to be screened at, of all places, the Jerusalem Film Festival. But Roberto Benigni's film, Life is Beautiful, has been the surprise hit of the summer, provoking a rethink of Israeli taboos.