Life Is Beautiful vs Theory of Achievement
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.3/10 for Theory of Achievement). Theory of Achievement is the shorter watch at 18m compared with 1h 56m. Theory of Achievement is the older of the two (1991 against 1997). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
Theory of Achievement| Life Is Beautiful | Theory of Achievement | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 18m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Hal Hartley |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Bill Sage, Nick Gomez, Elina Löwensohn, Bob Gosse, Jessica Sager |
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.
Theory of Achievement
This short film was packaged on video with Hartley's featurette "Surviving Desire." It affectionately examines the lives of a group of "young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk" Brooklynites who would love to make something of their lives -- assuming they can pay the rent first.
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