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Life Is Beautiful
1997
· Movie
· 116 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #136
- IMDb #28
- Google retired #31
- Rotten Tomatoes #771
- Metacritic #1575
- Letterboxd #38
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2053
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #40
- Metacritic Critics #2647
- Metacritic Audience #246
- Criticker #142
- Douban #5
- Kinopoisk #19
- AlloCiné #19
- Trakt #39
Every rating
58–98
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 58, highest is Google on 98. Critics average 69, everyone else 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1930s Italy, a charming Jewish waiter uses his imagination and humor to win over a woman, and they start a family. When they are sent to a concentration camp during the Holocaust, he uses those same qualities to shield his young son from the horrors of their reality, inventing an elaborate game to protect his innocence.
Details
- Director
- Roberto Benigni
- Writers
- Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
- Released
- 20 December 1997
- Country
- Italy
- Language
- Italian, German, English
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $230.1M
- Awards
- 22 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 34 →8 major awards won · 22 wins from 34 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1999 | Best Foreign Language Film | Italy | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1999 | Best Music, Original Dramatic Score | Nicola Piovani | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1999 | Best Actor | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1999 | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 1999 | Best Movie in a Foreign Language | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| César Awards 1999 | Best Foreign Film | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 1999 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1998 | Grand Prize | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
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Academy Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Italy | Winner |
| Best Music, Original Dramatic Score | Nicola Piovani | Winner |
| Best Director | Roberto Benigni | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Simona Paggi | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Roberto Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Roberto Benigni, Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi | Nominee |
| Best Film Original Screenplay Writing | Roberto Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Movie in a Foreign Language | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Best Movie | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Cast | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
César Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
13 nominations, 9 won
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli | Winner |
| Best Costumes | Danilo Donati | Winner |
| Best Director | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Best Film | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Best Producer | Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Danilo Donati | Winner |
| Best Script | Roberto Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami | Winner |
| Scholars Jury David | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Sergio Bustric | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Simona Paggi | Nominee |
| Best Score | Nicola Piovani | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Tullio Morganti | Nominee |
European Film Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi | Winner |
| Best Leading Actor | Roberto Benigni | Winner |
Australian Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Roberto Benigni, Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi | Winner |
Jerusalem Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Jewish Experience | Winner |
Toronto International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| People's Choice Award | Roberto Benigni | Winner |