Caterina in the Big City vs Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.5/10 for Caterina in the Big City). Caterina in the Big City is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2003). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Caterina in the Big City
Life Is Beautiful| Caterina in the Big City | Life Is Beautiful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | Italy |
| Director | Paolo Virzì | Roberto Benigni |
| Main cast | Sergio Castellitto, Raffaella Lebboroni, Silvio Vannucci, Galatea Ranzi, Paola Tiziana Cruciani | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric |
Synopsis
Caterina in the Big City
When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself at sea with an environment where students sort themselves by social class and their parents' political affiliation.
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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