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Guido, un ragazzo ebreo che fa il libraio, si innamora di Dora, una bella maestrina di famiglia ricca, la sposa ed hanno un bambino, Giosuè. Arrivano le leggi razziali, arriva la guerra. Guido viene deportato insieme al figlioletto. Dora va da un'altra parte. Nel campo di concentramento, per tenere il figlio al riparo dai crimini che si consumano intorno a loro, Guido inventa che loro fanno parte di un gioco, in cui bisogna superare delle prove per vincere: non bisogna piangere, chiedere della mamma, reclamare la merenda...
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Life Is Beautiful (1997)
116 min
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.