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"A Beautiful Life" uses black humor to describe the joys and sorrows of the Guido family in the Nazi concentration camp, showing Guido's vision of a beautiful life and unique optimism in a cruel environment. This movie is completely different from any previous film that reflects the theme of World War II. It is a black comedy. It faces the history of World War II from another side with a fresh perspective beyond the norm. From his unique perspective, Roberto Benigni gave all people injured in World War II an injection of painkiller.
This is not a tragedy. From the very beginning of Guido's funny appearance, it can be seen that director Roberto Benigni wanted to create a comedy atmosphere, but it definitely did not deliberately weaken the ideological nature of the film for the sake of kitsch. In fact, on the contrary, Bernini did this to avoid kitsch, to express deeper thoughts, and to prevent the audience from indulging in shallow touches. Bernini just wants to tell all people who truly love life through this film that nightmares are temporary and that a beautiful life is forever. Even in the concentration camp, Guido always had a smile on his face.
The narrative of this film is very successful. It does not deal with the traditional method, but uses the fable to be realistic, creating a comedic effect with tragedy. The first half of the film fully pave the way for the second half. For example, if a child loves to play with tanks, there is a father who uses his expectation of tanks to weave lies; the child does not like to take a bath, which is precisely what saved his life later; Guido and The sweetheart went to watch the opera, and in the end he also conveyed the message that they were alive to his wife through an aria.
Roberto Bernini used a high degree of creativity in this film. He used a whimsical way to turn an almost bad theme-the persecution of Jews by the Nazis into gold, which is quite a bit of Chaplin. Comedy effect. This kind of treatment demonstrates the cheerful nationality of Italians, and tells a seemingly impossible story with a highly amusing effect, which makes people feel happy when watching it, and feel sore after watching it.
With unique humor and exaggeration, an ordinary person who is full of optimism and vision for the future life under the atrocities of the Nazis will be vividly performed (Sina.com review) [12]. The dialogue between the father and the child in the film is a game, and the father takes great pains to maintain the humanity of the child. In the end, the child not only got the mother, but also the big prize tank his father said, at the cost of his father's life. This very cruel lie shows the love of human nature, and Roberto Bernini also portrayed the role of father quite successfully.
Synopsis
In 1939, the clouds of World War II enveloped the whole of Italy. Guido is a Jewish youth who looks awkward, but has a kind heart and an optimistic nature. He is full of beautiful yearning for life. He and his friend Ferruccio drove a broken car from the countryside to the small town of Arezzo. His wish is to open a bookstore of his own in the small town and live a comfortable life without any disputes. When passing a barn tower, Dora, a young and beautiful girl, suddenly fell into his arms from the tower. It turned out that there was a yellow beehive on the tower and wasps often harass local residents. Dora wanted to kill the people and burned the yellow honeycomb, but was stung by the wasp. Guido immediately developed a good impression of her and treated her wounds enthusiastically. To express her gratitude, Dora sent some eggs to Guido, watching him far away meaningfully.
In the clouded Italy, the Nazi reactionary forces are getting stronger and stronger. Mussolini is pursuing a tough policy of racial discrimination. Because of his Jewish descent, Guido has repeatedly blocked his application to open a bookstore and was not approved. The work of his friend Ferruccio is also unresolved for a long time. Due to the pressure of life, Guido had to work as a waiter in a restaurant. His sincere, simple, warm and thoughtful service attitude won the customers' love.
Guido accidentally knocked down Dora when he was riding a bike to work. The two met again and ignited the flame of love in Guido's heart. He lost no time to confess his love to Dora. Dora is a teacher in a certain school. One day the inspector from Rome was going to inspect the school. After Guido learned about it, he pretended to be the inspector and came to inspect the school where Dora was. The principal received him warmly. In order to please Dora and attract Dora's attention, Guido simply jumped onto the podium to show off his talent as a comedian, causing the students to laugh, and the principal and the teachers were dumbfounded. Guido learned that Dora and her boyfriend Rudolph were going to the theater to watch an opera. He also bought tickets to go there. Guido, who was sitting downstairs, kept looking.Staring at Dora in the box upstairs.
At first, Dora didn't care about Guido's strenuous pursuit, but because Dora hated Rudolph, she often stayed with Guido. Rudolph held an engagement party with Dora wishfully. The party happened to be arranged at the hotel where Guido was located. Guido cleverly freed Dora from Rudolph's entanglement, thus winning her heart. Dora broke up with her parents, ran away from home, and married Guido.
After marriage, good things followed one after another, Guido's dream bookstore opened, and they had a well-behaved and lovely son Joshua. Guido often plays games with his son when he has nothing to do, and his family lives happily. But the good days did not last a few years. On the fifth birthday of Joshua, the Nazis captured Guido and Joshua and his son, and forcibly sent them to a Jewish concentration camp. When Dora and Joshua's grandmother returned home excitedly, they saw people go to the empty building, the house was turned upside down, Dora understood what was happening before her. Although she has no Jewish ancestry, she insisted on going to the concentration camp with her son. Dora was locked up in a women's prison. Guido was unwilling to cast a miserable shadow on her son's young heart.
In the brutal concentration camp, Guido did everything possible to find a chance to get in touch with his wife in the female prison, and to report to Dora that he was safe, while protecting and caring for the young Joshua, he coaxed his son into playing a game. Those who follow the rules of the game will eventually get a real tank to go home. The innocent and curious son took Guido's words seriously, how much he wanted a tank!
Joshua endured hunger, fear, loneliness and all the harsh environment. Guido used games to keep his son's innocence from harm. When liberation came, and the Nazis were about to escape late one night, Guido hid his son in an iron locker. Qian told Wan to tell Joshua not to come out. He planned to take advantage of the chaos to go to the women’s prison to save his wife Dora, but unfortunately He was discovered by the Nazis. When the Nazis escorted Guido through Joshua’s iron cabinet, he walked optimistically and strode forward, implying that his son would not come out. But soon, he heard a gunshot, and Guido had gone through hardships. Many tragically died at the gunpoint of the German Nazis. At dawn, Joshua climbed out of the iron locker and stood in the yard. At this time, a real tank drove up in front of him, and an American soldier came down and hugged him into the tank.
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