Life Is Beautiful vs The Mystery of Henri Pick
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.5/10 for The Mystery of Henri Pick). The Mystery of Henri Pick is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2019). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
The Mystery of Henri Pick| Life Is Beautiful | The Mystery of Henri Pick | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Rémi Bezançon |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Camille Cottin, Bastien Bouillon, Hanna Schygulla, Fabrice Luchini, Florence Muller |
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 Mystery of Henri Pick
In a bizarre Breton library that collects rejected, never published manuscripts, a young editor discovers a novel that she considers a masterpiece. It was written by a certain Henri Pick, a cook who died two years earlier and who, according to his widow, had never read a book in his life or written anything but a shopping list... Did he have a secret life? When the book becomes a huge best-seller, Jean- Michel Rouche, a skeptical and stubborn…
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