Life is Beautiful

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

romantic comedy ꞏ self sacrifice ꞏ holocaust (shoah) ꞏ dark ꞏ deportation ꞏ Comedy ꞏ reflective ꞏ dying and death ꞏ concentration camp prisoner ꞏ Drama ꞏ national socialism ꞏ war ꞏ italy ꞏ riding a bicycle ꞏ fascism ꞏ mass murder ꞏ nazi ꞏ love of one's life ꞏ concentration camp ꞏ dark comedy ꞏ loss of loved one ꞏ bookshop ꞏ world war ii ꞏ charade ꞏ jew persecution ꞏ admiring ꞏ riddle ꞏ nazi germany ꞏ story teller