Life Is Beautiful vs The Book of Solutions
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6/10 for The Book of Solutions). The Book of Solutions is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
The Book of Solutions| Life Is Beautiful | The Book of Solutions | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | France |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Michel Gondry |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Pierre Niney, Sting, Vincent Elbaz, Blanche Gardin, Sacha Bourdo |
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.
The Book of Solutions
Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away the rushes to his aunt’s place in the Cévennes, to finish the film as he envisions it. Instead, its completion is constantly postponed, as he creates endless diversions and impasses, which alternate…
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