*BEST WWII MOVIE!!* Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è Bella) (1997)- FIRST TIME WATCHING - REACTION

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[@ChristinaMcF]

Roberto Benigni won an Oscar for this movie. His acceptance speech made me cry. Great movie!

[@rickardroach9075]

Benigni jumped on top of the seats as he made his way to the stage to accept his first award, and upon accepting his second, said "This is a terrible mistake because I used up all my English." 🤣

[@solopab5989]

benigni win 3 OSCAR!!! and he deserve that

[@WALES1154]

Best film ever !

[@valeriovinodsilverii2753]

INFOS and FUN FACTS about the movie: The story is largely inspired by the true events of a family member of Roberto Benigni; to be exact to an uncle of his wife (the same actress who plays his wife in the film, Nicoletta Braschi); This uncle was interned and survived in the Mauthausen camp in southern Germany, which was actually liberated by the Americans. Many people have identified the camp in the film with Auschwitz, a camp liberated by the Russians, accusing Benigni of having made a false history, perhaps to have better luck in American cinemas and to aim to win the Oscar. But it's not true. Benigni was ideally referring to the Mauthausen camp. The meaning of the riddle: "Snow White among the dwarfs! Solve this riddle in the time that gives you the solution"; the answer is 7 minutes because in Italian "Minuti" means both "minutes" precisely, but also "something or someone of small, very small dimensions"... so the answer indicates both the 7 dwarfs and "the time that gives you the solution"...7 minutes. In the scene where Bartolomeo returns to the dormitory with his arm injured and Guido asks him "how did it go?" and he replies "bad, they gave me 20 points!"... the joke plays on the fact that in Italian "punti" can refer to both the score of a game and the stitches. Clearly Bartolomeo was referring to the stitches.

[@alvarhanso6310]

This has been my all time favorite movie since seeing it in the theater four times back in 1998. The way Benigni mixes side-splitting humor, the greatest love story I've ever seen, and the Holocaust is just an amazing, amazing way of telling such a heart rending story. Roberto Benigni deserved even more Oscars for this: Screenplay, Director, and Best Picture to go with his Acting statue. The ending line by his son just tears me up, every time. And the first time I showed this to my wife, I received a text the next day where she was still outraged about the death, adamant that "he wasn't supposed to die", but that he does makes it so much more impactful a story. More people should see this film.

[@simonbar-el4094]

One of my favourite movies of all times As a Jewish ✡️ guy living in Tel Aviv I have only appreciation for you for giving your opinion on such an important topic Thanks 😊

[@TheAristo66]

Man, that ending is so heartbreaking. Entertaining and protecting his son up to the end of walking to his death 💔

[@user-vl6dc2mc8h]

If you are struggling read this~ I know I’m young but I would just like to say that, In 7th grade I was in a very dark place. I couldn’t feel much emotion and I had thoughts of revenge and the other things. But God saved me, he gave me the people in my life and he showed himself to me. Even in my darkest days he was there with me, he never left me. One day while I was in bed I started to pray with my hand to the sky and I felt something holding my hand. At that very moment I knew it was him. I repent of all of the sins I have committed. I am ready to begin a new life with him. There is still time to repent love one another and believe in Christ for he will forgive you❤️ He helped me in hard times he will help you too:)

[@kharma7755]

My college film instructor had us watch this in class.... Never thought I would sob in front of classmates, but couldn't help it. This film rips your heart right out of your chest. In fact, I have to watch "Inglorious Basterds" immediately after viewing "Life is Beautiful" just to get some retribution for Guido

[@paltaprimo]

for real, inglorious basterds make some justice ahahah

[@cmoeller3]

@@paltaprimo fun fact.. the guard at the train station is the same one who gets his head bashed in in Inglourious Basterds.. also is one of the main bad guys in the tv show: The Strain

[@Crybaby-Media]

My aunt showed me this movie when I was probably 12 . It will forever be one of my favourites.. man . Such a heavy and beautiful movie

[@dastemplar9681]

Truly one of the greatest father/husband put to film. He gave his wife the greatest gift, their child alive and innocence intact.

[@alessandroroveda2859]

This is the only movie in which you can laugh, cry, be angry...every kind of emotion ❤️

[@jeffh5407]

I saw this film when it came out with my grandmother, who was a teenager in Italy during WWII. It wasn't often that Italian movies came to the States. She rarely talked about that period, other than meeting my grandfather (an American soldier) and anecdotes about going from being well-off to struggling, or dealing with shortages. After we left the theater, it was the first time we talked about what it was like growing up under a fascist regime--she said the school scene was very accurate, and it all seemed perfectly normal to her at the time.

[@ZoeDuneCorp]

+CapedInfiormer: The Nazi soldier at 19:12 is the same actor (Richard Sammel) who played the captured Nazi soldier who was clubbed by the Bear Jew in Inglorious Basterds.

[@nattyboh2944]

Oh I’m so delighted you did this reaction. I first saw this movie in theatre’s with my mom when I was around 10 or 11 years old, I believe, and I have only watched it once since then because it’s so incredibly sad. It’s an absolutely gorgeous movie with outstanding performances. It’ll rip your heart right out, though. Better get some tissue ready to watch your reaction.

[@elizabethduplat5998]

Such an amazing movie. I saw it in theaters. My family and I sat and cried until the turned on the lights and the guys came in to clean up lol

[@cathyparr6827]

His wife in the movie is Roberto's wife. He's a great director who also directed this movie.

[@theprophet9429]

It’s almost two different movies. It starts as a whimsical, almost magical, fairytale, and then, BANG! Things become very different. I guess it’s a microcosm for how it was for many European countries, the difference before and after Nazi occupation. Such changes were so drastic. So abhorrent. For the lucky few, those changes were temporary. Sadly, for many, lives changed forever. Forget what most college students will tell you. We should be proud of our ancestors who fought to revert those aforementioned changes. A masterpiece and an excellent reaction.

[@danielglenn915]

Such a great film. Wish more reactors checked it out. You are so right about Guido's final walk in front of his son. Gets me every time.

[@MisterF1532]

This film so underrated. I’m Italian I watched this when I was 11. Still till this day this film is amazing. Has so many emotions! 👏🏼

[@rickardroach9075]

35:02 Props to you for doing the original undubbed version. The dubbed version is pretty damned good too, essentially because the two leads (husband and wife in real life) do their own English dub. However, the juxtaposition of suddenly hearing American English here is greater when everything up to this point has sounded foreign.

[@Nicamon]

Oh,gosh,Nicoletta Braschi is already an awful actress in Italian,I can't imagine how she performed dubbing herself in English!X-PPP

[@annalisabedini4894]

Thank you for this reaction!! A big hug from Italy🤩

[@marcofeola-gi6ez]

The main actor came up with the movie because as a kid his father who had lived through that would try to explain everything in a way so that it wouldnt scare him and would try to make it funny in a way that would make fun of the evil people.

[@riccardomallardo7779]

Giorgio Cantarini, the child actor who plays joshua also played maximus son in gladiator, he is the youngest actor to ever win the young artist award. And Giustino Durano (Guido's uncle) was a ww2 veteran, artilleryman in the italian army, he started his career in a prison camp shortly after being captured by the americans, he did little theater shows for other pows

[@PheOfTheFae]

This one has always hit me hard and it is so beautiful. The ultimate love for his family in the darkest of times. Not enough people see this one, so I'm glad you reacted to it!

[@serenitynow940]

Holy Shit I am excited about this reaction!! This is my favorite movie of all time, I saw it when it first came out on VHS when I was 13 or 14. Such an incredibly beautiful, romantic, and devastating movie. Incredibly heartbreaking but so full of love and joy. Roberto Benigni created a masterpiece. Also this movie made Barcarolle my favorite song of all time. Can’t wait to see what you thought about it! Thank you for this reaction and all the time you put into the channel! 💖

[@hotfriedgriyoandpeeklees1522]

As a reactor you just set yourself apart. Excellent job!!! Continue to react in unique ways...you set the bar high with this one

[@CapedInformer]

I appreciate that 💯

[@lynnecurrie7561]

My friend and I saw this in the theater with English subtitles. We literally sat in the theater after it was over and cried. I have never left a movie feeling devastated and hopeful at the same time. A complete masterpiece.

[@marcofeola-gi6ez]

my grandmother grew up in Anzio, she remembered as a little girl watching the trucks go down the street in the middle of the night from the window stopping in front of buildings and dragging whole families away to never be seen again, hiding in caves when the bombs were dropping

[@GabrieleMovizzo]

Hi! I watched this film at the cinema in Rome, I was 17, a masterpiece. Nicola Piovani's fantastic soundtrack also won the Oscar. I also recommend Johnny Stecchino, Roberto Benigni's first international success. It's a very funny comedy movie!

[@maxcorona8412]

The film is really beautiful it is worth the Oscar, the most beautiful thing is fun and when Sophie Loren calls him on stage to deliver the statuette is he rushes passing over everyone's heads, a phenomenon a great Roberto begnini, a hug from Italy by max!!!!

[@VengefulPurity]

“Maybe I should take back the smooth part.” Me: just wait man. “Ok, smooth is back on.” 😂😂😂 I busted up hard as a kid when I first saw this. This movie is full of laughs and tears.

[@user-kp2td4cq5f]

my favorite movie of all time 3 OSCARS 1 BAFTA WINNER (now on dvd or blurry you can play it in English dubbed ICONIC MOVIE I cry every time

[@lenusniq_9746]

"Just like that... that cannot be it"... yep. people were just insects for them. No second thought was given when it came to killing. This movie is hauntingly beautiful but I cannot watch it for the second time. Way too sad.

[@giannimarangi111]

We Italian have done a lot of errors along our history (like anyother peoples had), but the biggest one was to become allied of Nazist Germany, adopting the same racist laws !

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

One of the greatest films ever made in my opinion. Staggeringly beautiful, and sad at the same time.😢

[@thomascreed1144]

It was a Rollercoaster of emotions. It was an amazing movie. Please watch his acceptance of his Oscar was classic AF.

[@vhoovgfkr]

Roberto Benigni the lead actor also directed this movie. the movie was nominated for best picture oscar and he won leading role. He is extremely talented.

[@ben4ssi430]

thank you my friend for this beautiful reaction

[@josuegaray2321]

When someone ask if I ever cried in a movie, I say Life is Beautiful almost made me. If I see it again now that I'm older, maybe it will happen

[@J4ME5_]

SO glad you did this man, awesome

[@ericcrane4871]

I appreciate you taking on this important and underrated film. Subscribed!

[@gabrielesolletico6542]

I'm glad you liked this movie so much that it made you cry! Also, thank you for the beautiful things you said about my Country!! ;)

[@Michaeljefferson9000]

I first saw this movie one day in my tenth grade English class. It was near the end of the year and we'd already read Of Mice and Men and watched that movie, and this was an unexpected treat. Or, so we thought. My teacher didn't go into very much detail concerning what this movie was about, only translating the title for those of us who didn't recognize the Italian words. The first half of the movie and the last are in incredible juxtaposition, and the impact of the ending wouldn't have been nearly as heavy if it were a more overall somber film like 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas' (which, come to think of it, we'd watched in English the previous year). Our teacher had us convinced that the soldier had been overpowered and our hero had taken his uniform to escape. Then the movie ended. All these years later, the real gut-punch of this movie is something I only felt after a lot of personal growth. It's about a man whose goal, for the sake of love, is to share joy and beauty. And for his efforts, he was shot.

[@gabrielesolletico6542]

Why did the teacher lie to you?

[@Michaeljefferson9000]

@@gabrielesolletico6542 It was a lesson about narrative weight. If we'd known for a fact that he was dead before the end of the movie, the _weight_ of that reveal would have been lessened, and therefore less impactful. It also didn't help that the movie left it mildly ambiguous, in that the soldier didn't raise the alarm that someone was trying to escape and no one came to check on the sound of the gunshot, letting you feel like there was a way out for our hero. It's the same as why the ending to Of Mice and Men is so strong. There's a bit of foreshadowing, but you'd never expect George and Lenny's fate to be the way that is was due to how their relationship was shown to us throughout the book, and that juxtaposition makes that narrative choice so much heavier.

[@ADR199E]

Very great movie made me cry, I was a 6th grader in class lmao 😂 Still I recommend

[@shiningfaceofluzon5594]

30:16 What is speculated is that the doctor's mind BROKE from everything he has witnessed from the camp. His mind has REVERTED back to the most innocent thing from his former life being the riddles with Guido.

[@robertomirri7359]

è il commento più sensato che ho letto

[@shiningfaceofluzon5594]

@@robertomirri7359 thank you/ grazie

[@johnriley3060]

He and his wife star in another movie like this called The Monster its brilliant. Also two international really really good life movies are a Korean film called Baby and I 2008 and a French one called Ponette both have lead good acting

[@tizianadifronzo7314]

Thank u for this reaction ❤ this movie is very important here jn Italy ❤🇮🇹

[@andygossard4293]

Well kudos to you man. I never really watched this except for small bits if it ever came on cable tv. I see it was the 2nd highest grossing foreign non Hollywood movie of all time. So I must watch this beginning to end.

[@nattyboh2944]

You 100% should. Bring the tissue, though. It’s devastating. Gorgeous film.

[@jimjam51075]

I love Norm MacDonald's summary of it, "You see, Roberto Benigni has a kid, who isn't too bright..."

[@jonathancruz5932]

The finest Italian movie ever

[@francisalbert1799]

Wonderful movie Roberto was brilliant!

[@one-seventeen.rev310]

At the end i was waiiiiiling omgggggggggg i cried throughout it all though.

[@thejamppa]

I'd like to suggest WWII film from forgotten part of the area: Captain Corelli's Mandolin that takes place in Greece during Italian - German Occupation. It has similar vibes than this. Where war is just backround for all events except last 20 mins.

[@jackmaritt5094]

#18:24 Caped Informer "oh no", I bust out crying

[@gaetanopanico300]

This film italian legend

[@foxenterprice_751]

Benigni is a genius. He know the full Dante's divine commedy. The women in the film its the true wife in real life.take the oscar for this film and dedicate it to his wife. Benigni its simply giant

[@JoutenShin]

A great reaction for a great movie!

[@Koquitaful]

One on me favories movies EVER

[@user-is7cu5mi6o]

I recommend you also see Down By Law by Jarmush, with Roberto Benigni. Very nice. Then it is played in English (also by Benigni!) and therefore there are no problems for you english-speaking No subtitles

[@ScarlettM]

37:09 - that's not how you pronounce his name. :) And I'm pretty sure he also wrote and directed this movie, not just stared.

[@rickardroach9075]

He did.

[@HoppyDave]

Props to you for doing this movie. Truly a great film.

[@Marle98]

I cry so hard

[@jedcauffield1858]

Great movie 🎥 🍿!! Great movie 🍿 review!! I seen it before I clicked.. my only question is sad as it may seem, why cant we find this Anywhere?!

[@munchkinmunchkin]

Look up Roberto’s Oscar win moment it’s the most amazing

[@alessandroscotto4126]

As an italian ...we lost so many families... Mussolini and Hitler made us as slaves ...it s so sad ...even today is so sad to accept

[@raiderwarrior2725]

Great movie. A masterpiece

[@jocelynastheart2732]

he won the oscar for his role too!

[@hawkeye466]

Please try “Cinema Paradiso”

[@dubbleplusgood]

19:25 I wonder if you (or anyone else) noticed the German officer at the train station was played by Richard Sammel. He's the same actor who played the captured Nazi in Tarentino's "Inglorious Basterds".

[@nigeltrotter2886]

19:28- The exact definition of Ride or Die chick.

[@i.m.7710]

If you want Italian!!!!!!!!! Romeo and Juliet 1968 Franco Zeffirelli director!!!!!!!!!!!!! 20 hanky movie!!!!!!! Exquisite!!!!! You can do Moonstruck too if you want a sweet movie.

[@elidefahrenheit6564]

Es mi película favorita 🥺💖 tanta risa que al final no vale la pena 😭😭😭

[@paulkauchick6782]

Great movie 😢

[@rodrigomontano4406]

Wow. You really are going down a path of sorrow and pain with your last movies choices. I saw this In the theatre and two things stuck in my mind… ‘Maria the key!’ And winning the tank. The man was ingenious to keep luck on his side. If you want one more gut wrenching awesome movie, try ‘Under the same moon’. It’s a Mexican film and a real gem in my opinion. Keep up the great reactions!

[@nespolinho]

how someone can not cry

[@piecesofmind9853]

Watched this one in theaters when it came out. We were all a sobbing mess.

[@i.m.7710]

It takes me awhile to watch the c. camp part. Three installments and I probably can’t handle the third! You just saw the mountain of bones and are freaked out to the max. Too much.😢🥺😩😞😭

[@brunoperron2300]

bruh the kid didnt even questioned where is his dad.

[@markmcgee2417]

You should watch some Jim Jarmusch movies. A Night on Earth or Down by Law. :)

[@cubescubos2565]

"That was smooth..... i think"

[@larindanomikos]

He falls in love with her again in Jarmusch's Down By Law. They are, in reality, man and wife.

[@saraperna4751]

If you want watch an other great film by Roberto Benigni, find "la tigre e la neve"... it's wonderful!

[@ScarlettM]

19:20 - I get her impulse to get on the train, but practically speaking, she would be able to help them more from the outside, with access to her family's money and connections.

[@PedroHenrique-yd2sb]

Bro can't cry

[@siumahin9049]

the ending makes me ugly crying

[@bobmessier5215]

Brilliant picture! Bravo!

[@faureamour]

I first watched this movie in high school. Because the school periods were short, the first 2 days of watching, I thought this was a comedy. Then, the third day of class, boom, holocaust. It was shocking. I have to imagine that is somewhat what life was like then, too. Seemingly ok, some things that seemed a little scary and out of place, and then suddenly the worst. I don't say that by any means to belittle the situation. Just an observation of how quickly things can change.

[@ScarlettM]

"Monster" (Il Mostro) - same director/actor with same actress. Great Italian comedy about mistaken identity! Consider reacting.

[@zorororonoa3626]

Il Mostro*

[@ScarlettM]

@@zorororonoa3626 Thank you. Corrected it.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Benigni is in a jailbreak movie with Tom Waites..it's awesome...

[@orni99]

❤️

[@joannwoodworth8920]

Great choice!

[@ilteschio8244]

I know it's hard but Roberto Got several comedy worth watching if you manage to find subbed versions, such as "il Mostro" and " Johnny Stecchino"

[@Sinej43]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@PetroniloPocaspulgas]

ROBERTO BENIGNI IS ONE OF THE BEST ITALIAN ACTORS. THAT IS HER WIFE IN REAL LIFE.

[@ro__0]

Can you react to Malèna?

[@blinkachu5275]

Amazing movie. Another great one is Bridge on the River Kwai (has Obi-Wan Kenobi's original actor in it, Sir Alec Guinness)

[@salsonny]

The kid never worried once

[@prismpyre7653]

and the best PRE-WWII movie is 'Cabaret' -- I hope you check it out sometime. I know you don't normally do musicals, neither do I, and 'Cabaret' never really feels like one; when people burst into song most of the time it feels oddly grounded and appropriate in-context and flows directly from the narrative structure; rather like 'Les Miserable'. I think you would enjoy it.

[@Widdekuu91]

35:15 I just need to highlight that the Americans came too late. Your 'USA USA" chanting perfectly depicts the attitude of many Americans towards this. You'd be surprised how often I get told by Americans to "be grateful that the USA saved" me and when I explain it was actually Canada (I live in the Netherlands) they get upset and threathen with nukes if I don't quickly 'start respecting their superpower-country." Just saying, there is a reason that those Jews are walking along those tanks with boombastic overly-happy music, with the Americans proudly looking around and looking oblivious to the horrors around them. I'm not at all suggesting there was no American help or anything, but there is misplaced pride and you showed exactly that.

[@O___________0]

So happy and So sorry you watched this 💔 please *please* watch his Oscar’s acceptance speech ♥️

[@itt23r]

Awesome that you watched this movie. i think you may be the first. so many great movies out there that all the other reactors are missing. Here are a few other masterpieces that are being oddly overlooked. AMISTAD PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED JFK THE SONG OF BERNADETTE ELEPHANT MAN PAPILLON SERPICO THE SAND PEBBLES HARVEY THE AFRICAN QUEEN IDIOCRACY SPARTACUS LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE CINDERELLA MAN A BEAUTIFUL MIND GLORY

[@jocelynastheart2732]

I simply love this movie! and you are so beautiful looking, just a little wink!