Leave it to Italian clown Roberto Benigni, whose LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL squeezed lemonade from the lemons of the Holocaust, to find the silver lining in the dark cloud of the war in Iraq. This cloying romantic comedy turns a worsening international crisis into yet another solipsistic expression of his deep, abiding love for his wife and favorite actress, Nicoletta Braschi. March, 2003: As the U.S. military prepares to shock-and-awe Sadaam Hussein out of power, manic Italian poet and university lecturer Attilio de Giovanni (Benigni) dreams of marrying wan writer Vittoria (Braschi), who in waking life wants nothing to do with him. Vittoria is preparing a biography of Attili...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
115 mins