This is a movie about a man who saves his family despite cruel and terrible situation because of war. A main character of this movie is Guide, who is a Jewish Italian, and he gets to love Dola at first sight, who is a elementary school teacher and very beautiful woman. They married each other since Dola liked Guide's purity, funniness, and romance.
Several years later, Guide, Dola and their son are forced to move to far place to be worked because of WWⅡ. The situation is terrible because good food is not served and people are forced to work hard without rest. Five-year-old his son worries about this situation.(Of course, He doesn't have to work there.) He often asks Guide when that situation will end and what that situation is because he can't understand war.
One day, when people are working, German comes to attack people there. Guide encourage his son and cheers him. Guide is killed by German solder, but his son doesn't understand his father's death. After that, he is helped by American solders, which means Germany surrenders and war is finished.
I think Guide is very brave and grand person since he saved his family with imaginative idea and great humor. I have never seen an actor like him. When I watched this movie for the first time, I was really impressed by this movie and couldn't help crying since the story is so real and moving. I strongly recommend this great movie to you if you have never seen Life is beautiful. I have watched a lot of moving movie like this, but I' m sure that life is beautiful is the most moving movie I have ever watched.
