Overview of Plot
Life is Beautiful is one of the masterpiece movie film created by an award winning director Roberto Benigni starred as the main character, Guido Orifice. It was one of his great works in cinema history that gave him world recognition of being one of the brilliant film creator and director of all times. This comedy-drama film centers on an extraordinary tale of the unlikely heroism demonstrated by an Italian father in the persona of a man named of Guido Orefice, a Jewish – Italian who use learn how to use his creative and fertile imagination to help his son survive their internment inside the Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust period.
The story centers on the life and character of Guido Orifice – a funny and charismatic young Italian Jew who arrives in Arezzo to build his own bookstore business that he dreamt long before but unluckily he works as a waiter under his auncle Eliseo supervision and later he befriended Dr.Lessing who is fond of riddles. As he journey to life he met the girl of his dream Dora – who he calls “princess” and court her by popping up at unexpected times but Dora is already engaged to her fiancé, but Guido still fight for her by stealing Dora at her engagement party. 5 years passed, Dora and Guido have a son named Joshua and live happily together and Guido’s dream of having a bookstore was came to reality but their happy life was intervened due to occupation of the German Nazi troops in Italy ordering all Jews to be taken to the concentration camp. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of the Nazi German soldiers, Guido imagines and convince his son that the Holocaust is a game which the first person to get 1000 points wins a tank. Guido maintains this story with his creative mind and convincing power right until the end when American invade the German camp that cause chaos in the place. Guido tells his son to stay in the box until everybody left; this is the final test before the tank is given to him. After trying to find Dora, Guido is caught and shot by a Nazi guard and Joshua manages to survive and thinks he has won the game when an American tank arrives right at his two eyes and he is reunited with his mother without knowing the bad luck his father suffered.
Screen Play and Cinematography:
The interaction happened among the characters involve in the movie plays a vital role in deliberating the scene of the movie. The film is a touching tragic film that is based on historical facts. The acting in Life is beautiful is considerably great. The main actor portrays his own character that defines his own identity supported by his leading lady who shows her firm identity by acting in a more realistic manner.
Roberto Benign managed to bring warmth to the story. The way the character dress fit the period of time when the story happens. They also put life the setting of the story by shooting the film in its real place based on history. The picture also seems clear and lack of any defects such a blurredness, scratches, and digital interruption. Colors are absolutely splendid and nice from start to finish from happy down to dramatic and tragic scene. The use of hues is very familiar that can be seen in the concentration camp that turns into gray and brown which is reverse to the opening scene of the film wherein treated to a fine array of bright and vivid colors. The picture or its cinematography has a few notable flaws but overall it is nice and fabulous film.
Character List:
Guido Orefice: a Jewish Italian charismatic man full of creative thoughts and the protagonist of the film. He has a way of making magical things happens by manipulating and inventing stories. Sacrifices his own life to save his son.
Dora Orifice: Guido’s wife who fell in love with Guido’s charmed and enchanted way of courting. Insist her self to be taken in the camp even if she is not a Jewish for the sake of her family.
Joshua Orifice: Dora and Guido son, who was believe and convince by his father that they are both participant in the game that who ever win will receive a real tank as prize.
Eliseo Orefice: Guido’s auncle. Eliseo finds job for Guido to work.
Ferruccio Papini: Guido friend, teaches Guido the “Schopenhauer Method” and accompany Guido on many of his adventure.
Dora's Mother: A staid woman, Dora's mother does not want her to marry Guido, and the two fall out of touch for many years. Finally, Dora's mother approaches Giosue in the bookstore, and mother and daughter are reunited.
Doctor Lessing: One of Guido's regular patrons at the restaurant. Doctor Lessing is a lover of riddles, and he finds Guido's particular facility with them astonishing. He becomes a doctor in the concentration camp but does not help Guido's family escape despite his longstanding friendship with Guido.
Amico Rodolfo: Dora's fiance when she first meets Guido. He is insensitive and caught up in Italian high society, and he makes Dora unhappy. He also denies Guido a loan to open a bookstore.
Bartolomeo: One of Guido's bunkmates in the concentration camp.
Vittorino: A fellow prisoner at the concentration camp.
Oreste: the man who employs Ferruccio as an upholsterer.
Reaction:
As I personally seen the movie, I truly say it is one of the most inspiring movie I ever encounter to watch. Beginning from its story to its cast of characters down to the production staff, the movie really offer a very promising entertainment to the people and its viewer. It brings back the history of past and the beauty of goodness that father can make to his family as what Guido Orifice does. It opens us to reality that even how miserable life is, still beauty comes within. The film conveys for one thing, the reality of life. Love and sacrifice are two sentiments that have been so beautifully put in the story. The movie gave the needed lesson of hope. That love is worth saving at all cost. This movie tells another story, which says that evil, has no power to dissipate hope. That love reigns free of despair. That the character proves the love of family that he would give the full measure of his life to it. We should live life to the fullest without fear and to the best of our ability to love as what Guido shows to us in the film.
