The read
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 95% of the 1,428 1990s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic58/100
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
14,218 audience votes
Key crew
- Roberto BenigniDirector
- Roberto BenigniScreenplay
- Vincenzo CeramiScreenplay
- Nicola PiovaniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Roberto BenigniGuido
- Nicoletta BraschiDora
- Giorgio CantariniGiosué
- Giustino DuranoZio
- Sergio Bini BustricFerruccio
- Marisa ParedesDora's Mother
- Horst BuchholzDoctor Lessing
- Lidia AlfonsiMrs. Guicciardini
- Giuliana LojodiceSchool Principal
- Amerigo FontaniRodolfo
- Pietro De SilvaBartolomeo
- Francesco GuzzoVittorino
Stills
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Themes
dying and deathbookshoplove of one's lifenaziself sacrificeloss of loved oneitalyriddlemass murderconcentration campfascismholocaust (shoah)
Comedy Movies on Paramount+, Ranked
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