Life Is Beautiful vs The First Beautiful Thing
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.3/10 for The First Beautiful Thing). Life Is Beautiful is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 2m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2010). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
The First Beautiful Thing| Life Is Beautiful | The First Beautiful Thing | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Paolo Virzì |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Claudia Pandolfi, Valerio Mastandrea, Stefania Sandrelli, Marco Messeri, Fabrizia Sacchi |
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 First Beautiful Thing
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the…
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