La vie est belle (1997)
En 1938, Guido, jeune homme plein de gaieté, rêve d'ouvrir une librairie, malgré les tracasseries de l'administration fasciste. Il tombe amoureux de Dora, institutrice étouffée par le conformisme familial et l'enlève le jour de ses fiançailles avec un bureaucrate du régime. Cinq ans plus tard, Guido et Dora ont un fils : Giosue. Mais les lois raciales sont entrées en vigueur et Guido est juif. Il est alors déporté avec son fils. Par amour pour eux, Dora monte de son plein gré dans le train qui les emmène aux camps de la mort où Guido va tout faire pour éviter l'horreur à son fils…
Directeur:
Roberto Benigni
écrivains:
Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami.
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Roberto Benigni as Guido |
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Nicoletta Braschi as Dora |
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Giorgio Cantarini as Giosué |
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Giustino Durano as Zio |
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Sergio Bini Bustric as Ferruccio |
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Marisa Paredes as Dora's Mother |
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Horst Buchholz as Doctor Lessing |
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Lidia Alfonsi as Mrs. Guicciardini |
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Giuliana Lojodice as School Principal |
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Amerigo Fontani as Rodolfo |
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Pietro De Silva as Bartolomeo |
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Francesco Guzzo as Vittorino |
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Raffaella Lebboroni as Elena |
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Claudio Alfonsi as Rodolfo's Friend |
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Gil Baroni as Prefect |
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Massimo Bianchi as Man with Key |
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Jürgen Bohn as German Party Attendant |
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Verena Buratti as German Auxilliary |
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Robert Camero as German Executioner |
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Ennio Consalvi as General Graziosi |
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Giancarlo Cosentino as Waiter Ernesto |
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Aaron Craig as US Tank Driver |
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Alfiero Falomi as King |
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Daniela Fedke as German Auxiliary |
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Antonio Fommei as School Janitor |
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Stefano Frangipani as Card Player |
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Ernst Frowein Holger as German Sergeant |
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Alessandra Grassi as Teacher |
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Hannes Hellmann as German Corporal |
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Wolfgang Hillinger as German Major at Party |
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Margarita Lucia Krauss as Female Soldier at Children's Dinner |
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Patrizia Lazzarini as 1st Lady at the Grand Hotel |
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Maria Letizia as 2nd Lady at the Grand Hotel |
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Concetta Lombardo as Gigliola |
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Maria Rita Macellari as Regina |
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Carlotta Mangione as Eleonora |
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Franco Mescolini as Public Education Inspector |
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Francesca Messinese as Lady at the Opera |
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Inger Lise Middelthon as German Auxiliary |
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Andrea Nardi as Upholsterer |
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Günther Pfanzelter as German Soldier |
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Cristiana Porchiella as Spinster Teacher |
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Antonio Prester as Bruno |
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Gina Rovere as Dora's Maid |
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Laura Susanne Ruedeberg as German Auxilliary |
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Massimo Salvianti as Policeman in Stationery Shop |
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Richard Sammel as German Lieutenant at Station |
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James Schindler as Solid German |
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Andrea Tidona as Grand Hotel Doorman |
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Dirk K. van den Berg as German Soldier |
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Giovanna Villa as Common Secretary |
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Omero Antonutti as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Adelaide Alaïs as German Auxilliary (uncredited) |
| Production | Gianluigi Braschi | Producer |
| Writing | Roberto Benigni | Screenplay |
| Directing | Roberto Benigni | Director |
| Sound | Nicola Piovani | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Elda Ferri | Producer |
| Writing | Vincenzo Cerami | Screenplay |
| Editing | Simona Paggi | Editor |
| Crew | Giovanni Corridori | Special Effects |
| Camera | Tonino Delli Colli | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danilo Donati | Costume Design |
| Art | Danilo Donati | Production Design |
| Sound | Silvia Moraes | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tullio Morganti | Sound |
| Camera | Roberto Brega | Camera Operator |
| Production | Mario Cotone | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Maddalena Colombo | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Franco Fantini | Administration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giusy Bovino | Hair Department Head |
| Production | Nando Nibbi | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Aldo Colanzi | Key Grip |
| Production | Marco Albertini | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Federico Laurenti | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Benni Atria | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Pia Crapanzano | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Benni Atria | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ettore Mancini | Boom Operator |
| Art | Maurizio Sabatini | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Roberto Magagnini | Property Master |
| Production | Shaila Rubin | Casting |
| Production | Ettore Musco | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Giovanni Marino | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Giorgia Onofri | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Luigi Urbani | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Enrico Iacoponi | Makeup Department Head |
| Directing | Daniele Cama | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Edoardo Di Iorio | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Cossu | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabio Lucchetti | Hairstylist |
| Production | Pietro Sassaroli | Production Manager |
| Production | Olivia Sleiter | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Luigi Spoletini | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Sergio Strizzi | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Carlo Vinciguerra | Gaffer |
| Sound | Alberto Doni | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Leda Lojodice | Choreographer |
| Editing | Pasquale Cuzzupoli | Colorist |
| Directing | Gianni Arduini | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martina Cossu | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Claudio Chiossi | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Tullio Lullo | Production Manager |
| Camera | Marco Cuzzupoli | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Salvatore Bognanni | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Roberto Benigni | Story |
| Writing | Vincenzo Cerami | Story |
| Production | Attilio Viti | Production Manager |