LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

Thursday, April 1st, 4:50pm
Friday, April 2nd, 7:40am
Monday, April 12th, 9:25am
Tuesday, April 13th, 4:25am
Genre: Drama
Starring: Nicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni
Rated: M

An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.At the centre of the fable is Guido - an enchanting individual with childlike innocence and grand dreams of owning his own bookshop. It is 1939 and he has come to the Tuscan town of Arezzo with his poet friend Ferruccio. With unabashed humour and joy, the two seek fortune and romance, ignoring the growing anti-Semitism and Fascist government that surrounds them.Guido falls in love with Dora, a beautiful young school teacher. Unfortunately, the woman he calls his 'Princess' is already engaged. Worse, she is engaged to the local Fascist official with whom he has had a run-in. Guido, however, is not deterred and a fairy tale romance ensues.Several years later - Guido and Dora are married and have a son, Giosu?, and Guido has finally opened the bookshop of his dreams. But now, the occasional bigotries Guido once ignored have become Racial Laws with which he must come to terms. Throughout it all, Guido determines to shield his son from the brutal reality governing their lives. This determination becomes a matter of life and death when Guido and his son are sent to a concentration camp three months before the war's end. Of her own accord, and out of her love for them, Dora deports herself on the same train.Now in this unimaginable world, Guido must use his bold imagination and every ounce of his indefatigable spirit to save those he loves.