Carbon vs Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.4/10 for Carbon). Carbon is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2022). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Carbon
Life Is Beautiful| Carbon | Life Is Beautiful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | Italy |
| Director | Ion Bors | Roberto Benigni |
| Main cast | Dumitru Roman, Ion Vântu, Igor Caras-Romanov, Adriana Bîtca, Viorel Cornescu | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric |
Synopsis
Carbon
Moldova in the early 90s: Dima, a tractor driver, wants to be enrolled in the military troops to take part in the local war on the Transnistrian border. Vasea, an Afghan war veteran, joins him. While on their way to the front, they find a carbonized body. The authorities ignore them and won't help them to identify the body. Dima and Vasea decide to bury the corpse according to the proper Christian rituals, but not before setting out, together…
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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