Everything Is Illuminated vs Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.3/10 for Everything Is Illuminated). Everything Is Illuminated is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2005). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Everything Is Illuminated
Life Is Beautiful| Everything Is Illuminated | Life Is Beautiful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | Italy |
| Director | Liev Schreiber | Roberto Benigni |
| Main cast | Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Lyoskin, Jana Hrabětova, Jonathan Safran Foer | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric |
Synopsis
Everything Is Illuminated
A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.
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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