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Life is Beautiful

August 2019

  • compkids2

    The best films for children: Observer readers have their say

    A look at some of the best responses to Mark Kermode’s selection of 25 child-friendly films

November 2016

  • Peter Bradshaw

    Notebook
    And for 2016’s grand finale … a concentration camp ice dance

    Peter Bradshaw
  • Tatiana Navka and Andrei Burkovsky

    'Holocaust on ice' dance by wife of Putin official causes uproar

August 2015

  • Life Is Beautiful

    Tears of joy: crying at the movies can make you feel better

    Dutch study shows filmgoers who were moved by a sad film got a belated emotional boost – but only if they allowed themselves to shed actual tears

May 2011

  • Comic booked ... Italian actor Roberto Benigni has bagged a role in Woody Allen's next film.

    Roberto Benigni signs up for next Woody Allen project

    Italian funnyman famous for 'Holocaust comedy' Life is Beautiful has reportedly been offered part in Midnight in Paris follow-up

January 1999

  • Does this man really think the Holocaust was a big joke?

  • Does this man really think the Holocaust was a big joke?

July 1998

  • 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.

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