Life Is Beautiful vs Ollie
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.1/10 for Ollie). Ollie is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
Ollie| Life Is Beautiful | Ollie | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Antoine Besse |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Emmanuelle Bercot, Mohamed Makhtoumi, Annie Mercier, Oscar Copp, Cédric Kahn |
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.
Ollie
The story revolves around Pierre who is 13 years old when he loses his mother. He’s a shy boy who lives only for his passion: skateboarding. Thirty-something Bertrand is a seasonal worker on Pierre’s father’s farm. United by their shared passion of skateboarding, they look to one another for the strength to rebuild and assert themselves, and to try to face up to their impossible losses.
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