Life Is Beautiful vs Palombella rossa
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.2/10 for Palombella rossa). Palombella rossa is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 56m. Palombella rossa is the older of the two (1989 against 1997). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
Palombella rossa| Life Is Beautiful | Palombella rossa | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 1989 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Nanni Moretti |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Silvio Orlando, Asia Argento, Alfonso Santagata, Remo Remotti, Claudio Morganti |
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.
Palombella rossa
Michele is an MP for the Italian Communist Party who loses his memory in a car crash, though hardly anyone around him seems to notice. During a crucial water polo match on the eve of election day, he gradually begins to remember his past life, revealing a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors that of Italian communism itself.
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