Roberto Benigni, the Italian actor, comedian, and filmmaker who directed and starred in Life Is Beautiful, was born in Tuscany, Italy.
The Italian film Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) directed by and starring Roberto Benigni was released. It is a tragicomedy about the Holocaust.
Life Is Beautiful won several Academy Awards including Best Actor for Roberto Benigni and Best Foreign Language Film in 1999.
Guido, a cheerful and optimistic man, meets Dora, a schoolteacher, and falls in love with her.
Guido and Dora get married and start their family together in Italy.
Guido and Dora have a son named Giosuè, who becomes central to the story.
Guido, Dora, and their son are deported to a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
Guido uses humor and imagination to protect his son from the grim reality of the camp by pretending it's a game.
Guido is separated from Dora and his son as he is arrested by Nazi officers within the camp.
The Allied forces liberate the concentration camp, bringing freedom to the survivors including Giosuè and Dora.
Dora and Giosuè are reunited after the camp's liberation and await Guido, hoping for his return.
