Life Is Beautiful vs The Diary of a Chambermaid
The Diary of a Chambermaid is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
The Diary of a Chambermaid| Life Is Beautiful | The Diary of a Chambermaid | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Radu Jude |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Vincent Macaigne, Ilinca Manolache, Marie Rivière, Mélanie Thierry, Ana Dumitrașcu |
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 Diary of a Chambermaid
Gianina, a young Romanian, works as a housekeeper for a bourgeois family in Bordeaux. In the evenings, she rehearses the role of a maid with an amateur theater troupe in an adaptation of The Diary of a Chambermaid by Octave Mirbeau. She takes care of Louen, her employers’ son, while her own daughter is growing up far from her, in Romania. The maternal absence deepens into a wound but, as Christmas approaches, the promise of a reunion begins to…
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