Life Is Beautiful vs Mama Turns 100
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.3/10 for Mama Turns 100). Mama Turns 100 is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 56m. Mama Turns 100 is the older of the two (1979 against 1997). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
Mama Turns 100| Life Is Beautiful | Mama Turns 100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 1979 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Carlos Saura |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Geraldine Chaplin, Rita Maiden, Norman Briski, Amparo Muñoz, Rafaela Aparicio |
Synopsis
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.
Mama Turns 100
Ana and her husband Antonio arrive in the manor in the countryside of Spain where she worked as a nanny many years ago, for the centennial birthday of the matriarch.
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