Chicken with Plums vs Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7/10 for Chicken with Plums). Chicken with Plums is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2011). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Chicken with Plums
Life Is Beautiful| Chicken with Plums | Life Is Beautiful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | Italy |
| Director | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud | Roberto Benigni |
| Main cast | Chiara Mastroianni, Didier Flamand, Golshifteh Farahani, Isabella Rossellini, Mathieu Amalric | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric |
Synopsis
Chicken with Plums
Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.
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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