"I think I have to thank the Lord for letting me be born into this world, so that I can meet you and be loved by you in this way."
Recently, "Beautiful Life" returned to the screen after 23 years, this time it is a 4k repair version.
I remember that back then, the film won three Academy Awards, including : Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actor and Best Soundtrack .
and the Douban movies have a rating of up to 9.5, the same as the classic "Forrest Gump", with more than 850,000 comments. In the video, war tries to destroy human nature, but war often makes human nature more prominent. In an extremely cruel environment, Quito's gameplay allows his son to have the joy and innocence of childhood, and also allows his wife to feel warmth and hope.
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Qito (played by Robedo Bellini) came to Arezzo's town to pursue his ideals, fell in love with elementary school teacher Dora (played by Nicolita Braschi), and then tied the knot.
In fact, his pursuit of beautiful Dora does not have an advantage. He has not achieved any success in his career and has not even achieved his wish to open a bookstore. Moreover, he is also a young man with Jewish descent. You should know that during the reign of Mussolini, the social status of Jews was very low. What's more, Dora already had a boyfriend at this time, and at first he was indifferent to Quito's pursuit.
Despite the difficulties, Quito won the favor of his beloved with his optimistic spirit. In order to attract Dora's attention, he could pretend to be a leader to inspect the school and go on stage to display his comedy talent, which made everyone laugh.
In the end, Dora ran away from home despite her family’s opposition and entrusted her life to Quito. Because, in her mind, Quito is the person who can bring her infinite happiness, this is the love she wants.
Even in today's society, in addition to the wealth that everyone thinks is important, whether happiness can be produced together is also an indispensable factor. It can even be said that happiness is more important than wealth. After all, you can’t buy it with money and be happy. What Dora is interested in is Quito's ability and desire to create happiness, and it is exclusively provided to her.
After marriage, the couple lived an ordinary and happy life. Quito's bookstore was opened and the love was crystallized - son Joshua.
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However, the good times did not last long. Under the control of the fascist government, the father and son Quito and Joshua, who had Jewish descent, were imprisoned in concentration camps. Although Dora had no Jewish descent, she insisted on going with her young son. However, the couple was imprisoned in different barracks and the family could not be separated.
Under such difficult living conditions in concentration camps, in order not to let his son face the tragedy of life, Quito has always controlled himself with extraordinary will and resolved the dilemma with a heartbreaking smile. He convinced his son, and at the same time convinced himself that everything in the concentration camp is just a ridiculous game of life. This game requires points, and you can get a tank by following the rules. If you are eliminated, you will get nothing.
Son takes Quito's words seriously, and in order to win the game, he endured all the hunger and hardship. It is precisely because of this that my son's young mind was not hurt. In Joshua's heart, every day in the concentration camp is in the game.
What is ridiculous is that Quito died under the Nazi gun to save his wife; when dawn came, his son walked out of the hiding iron cabinet, and a tank slowly drove over, and Quito's "promise" to his son was magically fulfilled. Perhaps, this is to comfort the great father Quito's spirit in heaven.
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Watching Quito being pulled to the gun, his face still made a strange look, pretending to be happy; watching Quito use his wisdom to cover up the embarrassment and loss of composure without any trace, humorously and humorously... it makes people laugh and cry.
video shows the tearful smile so perfectly. It has to be said that the director and actor who is known as "modern Chaplin" Robbedo﹒ Bellini contributed indestructible.
He tries to show the complex heart of people and the warm family affection between father and son; focus on the inner world of people and abandon the external and objective damage factors about the war. People’s hearts are more important than anything else!
However, the famous director Spielberg has different opinions. He once said that the description of the Nazi massacre of Jews in "Beautiful Life" was "too entertaining" and the Holocaust should not be regarded as entertainment.
Of course, it is indeed inappropriate to treat the Holocaust as entertainment, but entertainment with depth should be excluded. in "Beautiful Life", sometimes makes people feel almost suffocatingly heavy. This is obviously not superficial, superficial entertainment, but a kind of black humor .
Nazis tried to destroy race and human nature through concentration camps, but humans have qualities that transcend life and death. The reality of World War II is cruel, but human beings have valuable optimism.
Compared with "Singler's List" with the same theme, "Beautiful Life" emphasizes the embodiment of human nature in war. The plot of always uses humorous montage artistic techniques to fully demonstrate the relationship between war and human nature, emphasizing the beauty of human nature displayed by human beings in a harsh war environment.
It tells people: treats life with a humorous attitude and treats life with an optimistic attitude. In any case, life is beautiful.
Author: Night in Ushuhuaia, Master of 985 Key University. Welcome to follow, read interesting books, watch interesting movies, talk interesting people, and do interesting things together.
