Bread and Roses vs Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.3/10 for Bread and Roses). Bread and Roses is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2000). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bread and Roses
Life Is Beautiful| Bread and Roses | Life Is Beautiful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | Italy |
| Director | Ken Loach | Roberto Benigni |
| Main cast | Lillian Hurst, Jack McGee, Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Monica Rivas | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric |
Synopsis
Bread and Roses
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener…
Life Is Beautiful
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.
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