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Several key scenes were filmed in the concentration camp at Auschwitz in Poland.
The movie was written by Vincenzo Cerami and Benigni, and directed by Benigni.
The first half of the movie is a whimsical, romantic comedy and often slapstick. Guido, a young Italian Jew, arrives in a big city where he sets up a bookstore. He also romances Dora, who he steals - at her engagement - from her rude, loud fiance. Several years pass, in which Guido and Dora have a son, Joshua.
In the second half of the movie, Guido, his uncle, and Joshua are taken to a concentration camp. In an attempt at keeping up Joshua's spirits, he convinces him that the camp is just a game - a game in which the first person to get a thousand points wins a tank. He convinces Joshua that the camp guards are mean because they want the tank for themselves, that all the other children are hiding in order to win the game, and puts off every attempt of Joshua's ending the game and returning home by convincing him that they are in the lead for the tank. Guido maintains this story right until the end, when - in the chaos caused by the American advance drawing near - he tells his son to stay in a pillbox until everybody has left, the final test before the tank is his. Guido is killed in the night as he is discovered searching for Dora in the female section of the camp. Joshua survives and finds his mother.
The music in "Life is Beautiful" was written by Nicola Piovani , and performed by his small orchestra. For this, Piovani won an Oscar for best original score.
It won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading RoleThe Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen b (Roberto Benigni), Best Foreign Language FilmAs a Special Award 1947 Shoeshine Sciusci ( Italy) Societa Co-operativa Alfa Cinematografica Paolo William Tamburella producer Vittorio De Sica director 1948 Monsieur Vincent ( France) E. Union General Cinematographique George de la Grandiere producer Mau and Best Music, Original Dramatic ScoreFrom "Rule Sixteen" of the "Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. The years shown are the produ. It was nominated for Best DirectorThe Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in Wi, Best Film EditingThe Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. 1930s 1934 Eskimo Conrad A. Nervig Cleopatra Anne Bauchens One Night of Love Gene Milford 1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream Ralph Dawson David Copperfield Robert J. Kern The Informe, Best PictureThe Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the ScreenThe Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. Before 1940 there was an Academy Award for Best Story for writing. For 1940 it and the award in this article were sepa.
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