Life Is Beautiful vs Why Would I Lie?
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.5/10 for Why Would I Lie?). Why Would I Lie? is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 56m. Why Would I Lie? is the older of the two (1980 against 1997). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
Why Would I Lie?| Life Is Beautiful | Why Would I Lie? | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 1980 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Larry Peerce |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Gabriel Macht, Treat Williams, Sonny Carl Davis, Lisa Eichhorn, Susan Heldfond |
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.
Why Would I Lie?
Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a social worker he's assigned the case of a boy called Jorge (with a 'J') who was taken from his mother. Cletus sets out to reunite Jorge with his mother, but to do so he has to fabricate many a story to keep Jorge from being adopted. In search of the mother, Cletus meets and falls in love with a women's advice councillor.
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