What a sweet film. I saw it about 2 years ago and i can never seem to get it out of the video shop, because everyone else loves it too. The plot goes :- A lovely wee comic Jewish Italian man falls in love with a beautiful Italian girl, he persues her and she is won over, they then marry and have a little Italian boy! and a wonderful life. War then breaks out and they are forced to go to a concentration camp, yet they still manage to keep their love alive, despite their separation (weep!).
It took a totally different slant on the whole 2ndWW concentration camp theme, showing that the inhabitants were still trying to run normal lives, despite the opression. I loved the father/son relationship, i think it reminded me of my own relationship with my dad as a child and how much i adored him, which is why parts of it were so sad and nostalgic for a lot of people. Throughout the entire film there was a feeling of hope, i think because of the strong, 'Italian' passion between the main characters, which kept them together despite their seperation. The thought that love survives anything is doubted so often in society, we forget that it is possible.
The title is a perfect summary of the feeling you are left with after watching this film, although parts of it are sooo sad. La vita is still bella!
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Drama - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Shelagh Fraser, Barbara Flynn, Keith Drinkel, Felicity Kendal, Pam Ferris, Colin Douglas
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Hi perhaps more detailed info for those who have not seen the film yet. Tc
roy_l_t_1970 09.08.2002 15:29
It is so obvious, from reading your opinions, that you are a good writer but your opinions are lacking in content. I notice that you wrote 5 opinions on this day. Perhaps if you had concentrated on just one or even 2 they would have been more comprehensive and therefore gained more rates and comments. Also, too many ops in one day can upset people as their new opinion is pushed out of the top 20 list by what have become known as "churners" (people who churn out opinion after opinion). Take care. Roy
Axis 25.07.2001 17:36
Almost wanted to give you a VH. I liked the way you wrote about personal feelings
in relation to the story, but I thought you could have just expanded the op a little to keep readers better informed, maybe, say,
a little something on Roberto's performance? - Craig :)
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