Characters & Themes
Life Is Beautiful (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 101 mins · Italian
- Directed by
- Grigoriy Chukhray
- Starring
- Giancarlo Giannini, Ornella Muti, Igor Yasulovich, Juozas Budraitis, Mikhail Remizov, Stefano Madia
Antonio, a retired aviator, lives in an unnamed country ruled by a military junta that violently crushes free thought. He falls in love with a member of the underground resistance opposing the dictatorship. After his arrest, they escape, following the resisters’ code word: “Life is Beautiful.” United by the phrase, they continue the fight for freedom.
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