Life Is Beautiful vs On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.8/10 for On Becoming a Guinea Fowl). On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl| Life Is Beautiful | On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Rungano Nyoni |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Esther Singini, Blessings Bhamjee, Doris Naulapwa |
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.
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
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