Shown: January 10, 2016 at 6pm
Director : Roberto Benigni
Country : Italy
Release Date : 1997
Duration : 116 mins
Language : Italian and German
Subtitles : Yes
WINNER : BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM AT 1999 OSCARS
WINNER : GRAND PRIX AT 1998 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Italian comedian Roberto Benigni accomplishes the impossible in his World War II comedy: he shapes a simultaneously hilarious and haunting comedy out of the tragedy of the Holocaust. An international sensation and the most successful foreign language film in US history, the picture also earned director/star Benigni Oscars for Foreign-language Film and Best Actor.
“Dares to laugh in the face of the unthinkable. And because Benigni can be heart-rending without a trace of the maudlin, it works.” (Janet Maslin – New York Times)