La Vita è Bella - (1997) REACTION 

Everytime I hear 'This is my story, this is the sacrifice my father made, this was his gift to me" I feel the tears forming in my eyes.

"A nice movie to watch around Christmas", that woman is savage.

Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi, the two leading actors, are also husband and wife in real life, married for 30 years (since 1991).

Fun-fact: Roberto Benigni is really like this in real life, super funny guy. You should see when he wins the Oscar for this film or the interview with David Letterman!

That was by far the greatest father/husband ever put to film. He gave his wife the greatest gift she could ever wish for, it wasn’t just the survival of their child, but also the preservation of their child’s innocence from the realities of the Holocaust. It may have cost him his life, but he at least died with a full heart knowing he protected his child.

One day, my Italian teacher told us we would be watching a movie, and let us choose which one. She asked if we wanted to cry or to laugh. We all answered : "come on, try to make us cry", on a tone of challenge. So we watched "la vita è bella". We all cried and she laughed in the end. This movie is a heartbreaker every time I watch it

This guy was no fool.... he KNEW he was being marched to his death. What was most important to him was to not traumatize his child. This is bravery the likes of which is extremely rare. He was 1000% MAN in every sense of the term. No bravado, no ego... just a very good, humble man who has his priorities in exactly the right place.

as an Italian living in Italy, I'm glad you watched this film which is very important to us, brave. I hope you come and visit it🇮🇹

The saddest part to me when rewatching this film is when he plays Offenbach over the loud speaker. We don't know it at the time of our first watch, but we know after that this is the last time he "communicates" directly to his wife. It's a final goodbye love song, so to speak. A man of so many words throughout the film hold his last conversation with his wife through an instrumental piece.

I watched this in Italian class. The most memorable scene for me is when the son said he didn’t want to take a shower. There’s just so much irony to it. Neither of them knew the true meaning of "taking a shower" at at death camp.

Back when I first saw this movie I wondered if this movie was a true story because the narrator said it was his story. I kept looking and I later found out it was a true story and is why it got made in the first place. The real life boy was Rubino Romeo Salmoni and wrote a book titled "In the End, I Beat Hitler." The book was made into the movie.The real story was three brothers in the camp. Only one survived.

No muscles, no pretty face, actually he was exactly the opposite, but Guido is the manliest, lovely man ever existed, the one every single woman in the world would love to have.

I ... I truly think ... that the most powerful and meaningful scene in the film, is when Roberto winks at Joshua. It is his last greeting to his son, not melancholy farewell, but a hopeful and playful farewell ... Pure magic.

I'm Italian, and I live in Vergaio (a little city in Tuscany, where Roberto live too), sometime I see him walk on the road. He is so simple person, so human, kind, funny. All you see in "La vita è bella" is a mirror of Roberto's soul. I hope you'll see the other films of him: "La tigre e la neve", "Non ci resta che piangere" (his first film) and "Johnny Stecchino" before all the others, and that you see also his show about Dante's Inferno, amazing, filmed in Santa Croce Square in Florence, under Dante's statue.

Every Oscar this film won was well deserved! I still remember Robertos' fun acceptance speech from that night. Great movie, glad it found a way to your hearts : )

This movie is a masterpiece. Benigni was able to make the spectators see the Holocaust with a different point of view, from the eyes of a father who does everything he can to save his kid from being traumatized forever by what happened in those camps. We are the kid in this movie, the freedom we have today was gifted to us through the sacrifice of so many people. Oscar 100% deserved

46:40 we ALL felt like that the first time we watched this movie. It also was a kind of beautiful (not gross, not vulgar or grotesque, but delicate and respectful) way to give our hero farewell.

I watched the movie with my family and we all cried. When Roberto won the Oscar we all chanted for him when he started jumping on the stage stairs like a super hero.

Italy has produced many of the best films in the history of cinema. Bella reaction again, girls.

The son in this movie also played the son of Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator. Although in Gladiator he was the son of the Spaniard, his only line in Gladiator was in Italian "Mama i soldati!" - "Mama the soldiers!"

I'm Italian and watching this movie when I wasn't father yet and now that I am makes a HUGE difference ❤️ This is unbelievably moving ❤️

I am Italian and I have watched this film many times. Even watching your video I cried. I'm glad you enjoyed it, Roberto Benigni is brilliant!

I watched this movie with my mum and we were totally amazed. I loved watching your reactions and cried along with you. The psychology of the father was something out of this world. A true masterpiece of a movie. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

El mejor protagonista de todos los tiempos. Nunca olvidaré su sacrificio.

Si un comentario en español, esa película me destruyo. La parte donde salen los tanques y se asoma un gringo, me quebré. La película dura 1h 56 min, pero te duele toda la vida.

Really nice to see a European movie for a change - yet obviously successful and popular, in its own way. Watching the second half of the film take a much darker turn, after its more romantic first half, and particularly the twists of comedy and tragedy the final minutes, was (as the Homies girls witnessed) really masterful cinema.

A special film, because it mixes the tragedy of the holocaust with the comedy of Roberto Begnigni. I usually never cry, but here was not possible. Then in Italian it is even more enjoyable because the speeches make more sense.

At the start, when you said this was supposed to be a good film to watch at Christmas time, with no word about the Holocaust, I thought "Oh boy, you are in for a surprise..." and I guess you missed that the guy with two sons at the beginning of the film had named them Adolfo and Benito, the first names of Hilter and Mussolini. Plus when Roberto Benigni was performing on the tables at the school, it was all about making fun of the Italian fascists. Mussolini was the original fascist, and it was Hitler who followed his example. This was a great film though, and when the film won the Oscar for Best International Film in 1999, Roberto Benigni's reaction was famous (he also won the Oscar for Best Leading actor, beating Tom Hanks for 'Saving Private Ryan', and the film also won the Oscar for Best Musical Score). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8cTR6fk8frs.html

I'm Italian and this movie is a very pillar in our Country. Very beautiful 😍

the way Roberto Benigni accepcted the Best Foreign Language Film oscar win was epic.

We watched this film in my Italian film class (it was even mentioned in our text books...which we had to read when we were in the middle of watching it for homework and was spoiled about the ending!) It is such an interesting movie! It goes from this bright sunny happy scene to someplace very dark and sad and you can even see since the very beginning what was happening in Italy throughout WWII. Small things like posters, what was happening in schools, and even when Guido and his buddy arrives and drives through a parade. My favorite part was when he was praying for certain "miracles" to happen in front of Dora! She stands there, thinking nothing is going to happen, then just drops her jaw when it does🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

When I saw this movie for the first time I cried all my tears. As a 37 years old man I wish, if I ever had a son or a daughter (which I hope), I could do 1/10 of what this man has done for his son. What an example! Greetings from Italy, ladies...

Questo film avrà anche delle mancanze storiche, ma è carico d'amore vero e l'emozione che provoca è infinita. Grazie😘💕 Roberto Benigni 🥰❤

Ragazze è incredibile, ho visto 10 volte questo film, ma la vostra reazione mi ha fatto piangere come la prima volta. Grazie!

Really excellent choice. I cried a lot in 1998 in theatre. I recommend you three films I like a lot : A River Runs Through It, directed by Robert Redford with Redford and Brad Pitt, yes it's him ; The Lives of Others (German speaking), directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, tears guaranteed ; The Iron Giant, directed by Brad Bird, an animation film for fun.

I‘m from austria and my childhood best friends family is jewish, I watched this movie for the first time at their house when I was like 12. I just love it and I‘m so happy more reactors finally pick it up. It‘s such an important and beautiful movie

Una obra maestra, solo la he podido ver una sola vez completa por qué me duele cada pedacito de ella y aún así la recuerdo entera, siempre será la mejor que he visto

Questo film è rimasto nel mio cuore, e anche se l'ho visto molte volte, una lacrima esce sempre. La soundtrack è molto bella e ascoltandola di nuovo penso soltanto all'amore e alla gioia di quel bambino convinto che tutto era un gioco e che alla fine abbraccia sua madre.

As an Italian, paradoxically, I saw this film very late. In fact, at 17 I still didn't know that one of the most awarded and discussed films from my country in the world still slipped through my fingers, without my realizing it. When I saw him, I understood why, until then, I never made contact with him: I was not ready. In fact, I could never understand the real meaning of what the film wants to tell and convey. Fortunately, seeing him several times, I learned that this film makes "comedy" a story of courage, or the other way around, if you prefer 😊. Many accuse him of historical revisionism, of treating the subject in a misguided and false way, only to move through a softened and trivialized history. Instead, I find that this process is the vehicle of a strong message, which certainly has less impact than the reality of things, yet no less strong on a human level. I am very happy that you too, now, have seen and experienced this film in first person 😁, and that you have shared it with us all ☺️. I hope he can have transmitted to you, even if only in part, the great emotion that is this story of a father's sacrifice towards his son. The emotions that, I believe, each of us feels following you do not come so much from the films you watch, but more from you 😁☺️. True and transparent, what more could we want 😆.

I remember watching this movie when I was a little kid with my parents, at the end we were all crying. Back then I didn't know anything about WW2 and the nazis, a few years later when I learned, it got a lot more shocking knowing people were capable of such horror things :( . The movie is amazing, the main actor is fantastic so is the little boy.

I haven't watched this movie in twenty years but remember I cried then. Watching all you cry to it made me cry twice as much. An unbelievably good movie.

La vita e Bella is another level of emotion

this movie is the proof that we can see the magnificent in the worst horrors...the boy is also the son of maximus in gladiator

28:30 this is a joke that is hard to translate. "Punti" in italian means both points and stitches, bartolomeo says "I got 20 points" meaning "I got 20 stitches". It's just a happy coincidence just like the hat one and the key one back when Guido was seducing Dora

"And the Oscar goes to...ROBERTO!!!" 🇮🇹 I'm Italian and I'm so glad you watched "La vita è bella". 🥺❤️ Roberto Benigni Is a fantastic actor and this movie makes me feel so proud to be Italian everytime. An AMAZING, INCREDIBLE movie. So much laughs, so much tears, so much emotions. And the music, the soundtrack..ahh! Magnificent.❤️

OH...MY...GOD... Each time I see a notification for a movie like this...automatically feel sorry for them. We ALL know how it ends.

Esa película es hermosa. Un clásico del cine. Saludos chicas.

i’m so glad u guys reacted to this movie because it’s a masterpiece! hope some other reactors decide to watch this movie because it’s honestly beautiful and as an italian i’m so proud roberto won the oscar for this 🤍

In Europe there was a saying that said: "It is easier to find a green horse than an honest Jew", that's why the anti-Semites painted the horse that way to attack Guido's uncle.

I have a feeling the movie that was recommended to you was supposed to be "it's a wonderful life" which is much more of a "nice movie to watch at christmastime" than la vita e bella

Thanks so much for this video, girls! This was the movie I cried the most in my entire life! A beautiful story that moves us completely. I started the movie thinking it would be one way and it completely changed course halfway through the movie. Simply incredible!

Never laughed so hard nor cried as much in one movie as i did in this movie!! It's such a sweet funny yet tragic movie

Es mi película favorita, enserio me dolió la muerte de Guido, es la única película que he empatizado con el protagonista.. definitivamente una de las mejores películas que he visto

Can't....JUST CAN"T ever stop crying when the last 5 min of this movie are on

It is a tragic film with many pieces of comedy. When he arrives at the Nazi concentration camp with his son, he makes him believe throughout the second part of the film that it is a game of points and prizes to hide the horrors of the Holocaust from him. Roberto Benigni is the best Italian actor and director in the world who has been able to tell this tragic story

This movie won 3 Oscars and you can see why still today. It's so emotional and real at the same time, Benigni's best movie ever.

And my favourite scene (when I automatically start crying) is when Guido put theyr favourite music ("Le Bancarolle") outside of the window

Esta película nos demostró que a pesar de todo los problemas y las cosas malas q nos puede pasar aún así la vida es bella😢❤✌

Roberto Begnini won the Oscar as Best Actor that year over Tom Hanks. Check the reaction he had when he won: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8cTR6fk8frs.html

i watched this movie so many times, and every time i laugh and cry as never before. in fact, i’m bawling my eyes out just by watching your reaction. on behalf of all italians, thank you from the bottom of my heart for watching this masterpiece ❤️

Would also highly recommend Cinema Paradiso (but not the longer director's cut), and Il Postino

Il film lo conosciamo tutti in Italia, ma vedere le vostre reazioni mi ha fatto piangere di nuovo ancora e ancora 😭

This man went the extra -mile- lightyear to protect his son from every single thing. That kid is lucky to have that man as his father.

01-01-2022. It's 2:30 AM here in Italy and the new year has just begun. I decide to watch something on RU-vid and this video pops up. Writing this comment one hour later. Thanks for the video, La Vita è Bella is a movie that touched me deep inside, long ago, and you girls are just sweethearts (and I fell in love with Ellie). Cheers from Italy and happy new year!

You should watch Roberto bengini winning the Oscar for this role. It’s pretty spot on

As an italian, I think this is by far one of the greatest movies my country has to offer

This movie was my favorite of the year that I was born: 1998. I can say this film was possible because of success of Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and very others about Second World War. An interesting fact: you can choose to watch it like a child (believing the games that Guido invented) or like and adult (keeping alive like himself).

Roberto Benigni...pride of my country!!Wonderful movie!This is one of your best reaction ever!

Ciao ragazze,mi avete fatto piangere anche a me,solo guardando voi. Grande film di Benigni e moglie. Ricordiamoci sempre che non dobbiamo ma e poi mai.....dimenticare! Andrea

Ragazze vi (ri)guardo ogni giorno. Grazie per aver visto questo capolavoro del cinema mondiale. 3 Oscar, al miglior attore, al miglior film straniero e a Nicola Piovani per la colonna sonora. Meritatissimi. Marito e moglie nel film e nella realtà. Benigni le ha dedicato l’Oscar e numerosi altri premi. Lo stesso amore del film è nella realtà. Vi consiglio di andarvi a rivedere le premiazioni agli Oscar con i relativi discorsi.

Roberto Benigni è tra i più grandi artisti italiani e Mondiali. Solo la sua genialità poteva raccontare l'orrore e la cattiveria che quel periodo del nostro tempo è venuto fuori da degli esseri umani (se così si potevano definire all'epoca)in una maniera così sobria e leggera, ma allo stesso tempo con durezza e realtà dei fatti tanto è vero che vinse l'Oscar.......Grande Roberto. Tutta Italia è con te.... e il mondo ti guarda👍💪👏👏👏

Fun fact: Guido and Dora are a couple in real life, they’ve been married for like 30 years

You didn't watch the movie, you felt it. Their reactions were intense. 🥺 Greetings from México 🇲🇽

This is, hands-down, one of the most moving and honest reactions to one of the best films ever!

I had to watch this movie in middle school for a class. I literally sat in front of my laptop crying for 20 minutes i think - could've been more. I don't think I can watch it again, it's very heart wrenching

To think that Spielberg went after Benigni very publicly for this film, accusing him of downplaying and exploiting the tragedy of the Holocaust.

A beautiful Italian film by director Giuseppe Tornatore and winner of the Oscar for best foreign film: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso. It is really worth it. Talk about the love of cinema. Which I see a lot in you and in your reactions.

Come italiano, sono stato felice di vedere con voi questa perla del nostro cinema di una storia d'amore di un padre e di una madre in un periodo di violenza inaudita. Ho pianto con voi.

I'm Italian and I don't know how many times I've seen and reviewed this film. I can't think of a more deserved Oscar. A brilliant film, practically 2 films in one: the first time in which Benigni's comic genius gives the maximum and a second time in which to make what was more than a tragedy pass for a game, for the love of his son, not to let him experience that horror. You have been good at immersing yourself completely in the world of "Life is Beautiful"

Ho pianto per quanto siete state dentro il film !! Vi adoro !! Film capolavoro 🧡🧡

The tank at the end (first prize) was American. It was a brave choice to make a comedy film about the Holocaust.

Le vostre reazioni mi hanno commosso Grazie per aver omaggiato questo gran film Grazie ragazze stupende ❤️

And this is the first time an Italian movie gets reacted. I searched youtube for reactions like this one but zero!! Also, very rare for a parent of a youtuber requesting a movie like this, let alone your patrons or youtube subs.

Esa pelicula es una obra maestra del cine es hermosa y triste al final muy triste el dio su vida por su hijo que es los que todo padre o madre haria en su lugar .

no matter how many times I see this movie the tears drops everywhere

When he speaks to her over the intercom and his son yells "Mama!" gets me every time.

I’m a person, which due to his depressing pass, current life, loneliness, mind in the past, sacrifing or losing all for others yet not getting appreciated, the abuse, the loss of my “brother” made me emotionless. Nothing teared me up, but this was insane close. Just how it started as a Comedy and a “Prince” who would sacrifice himself as Hero, how he took it all as a Joke just to hide the truth from his son until his death, was all so depressing. When he turned around, staring at the boy, while walking as a Casper until his end. Wrst thing is sometimes your sacrifices cannot be appreciated even if it’s mosty for their good. That their unawares and lack of knowledge of the Situation protects them like in this case. As if his death was for nothing, yet it was the only thing he coud do. It started with a comedic romantic prince doing everything to win the princess’ heart to a hero, sacrificing his life. He died with a smile, but this and “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” will always be my favourite dramas, which are my favourite movie genre. Also I’m German 50% and lived there, ehich is why I lost everything also my father yet hate then

Grazie per questa live-reaction di questo capolavoro del cinema italiano su di una storia vera in un periodo nero della storia.

È incredibile dopo la quantità di volte visto il film una volta arrivati verso la fine mi massacra sempre

Cool fact.. The gentleman who plays Guido is the director of the movie

I have loved Roberto Benigni ever since I was a child. In the eighties Italian TV was quite boring, rigid and formal. Every time Benigni was invited as a guest it was like a storm of laughter, he would run and jump everywhere, touching people, saying loudly all the silly jokes his colleagues were afraid to say (sex-related for the most part). He was completely unpredictable and wild. This was the kind of showman he was: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UrFWj3BsqiM.html here basically he just lists all the many vernacular synonyms of women's and men's genitals. He made some good comedies by then, and some others were still to come. He was a natural born comedian. And then he came out with this movie, which was totally unexpected of him, and gave a new twist to his career and another dimension to the man as he was known. It was a huge sensation at the time.

Watching reactions on RU-vid to different movies that I know a lot about, I have realized that, as much as there are movies that have always moved me a lot (and this is one of them), and as much as I have also cried at some one of them, is not the same as seeing the emotional reaction (and now I'm not only talking about crying, but also joy, surprise, terror,...) of another person. And seeing a single person get emotional (Ellie, for example, is an "easy-tearing" person), crying... well you say "bah, ok, I'm fine, my soul shrinks a little, but ok, controlled ". But seeing you all FOUR at the same time...🤣🤣 I've always been very empathetic, but with something like this, empathy skyrockets. 😅Especially watching Michelle, who doesn't cry often, and especially Viki, who makes one of the cutest faces I've ever seen when crying. And yet... it's more beautiful to see you laugh.

Man, I haven’t seen this since the only time I ever saw it back when it came out in ‘98. Still hit me big time just watching the little clips here. What a movie. If I may recommend some other absolutely top foreign language films, you need to watch Downfall and Goodbye Lenin. Easily among the best there are & I know you’ll all enjoy them if you ever get the chance. Love the channel, ladies!

Thank you girls, I'm Italian and I saw that film at the theater in 1997, through your reactions you have brought me some good memories related to this film

Another great Italian movie is "Pane e Tulipani" or Bread and Tulips in English form 2000. Great slice of life film with comedy, romance, and friendship.

I knew you would like this movie, it is beautiful, sad but beautiful ... The things that some parents do so that their children feel safe, do not be afraid and maintain that beautiful innocence that characterizes them, I like to think that there are parents and mothers like that in the world really .... Another good movie is I am Sam.

THIS MOVIE IS A MESSAGE TO UNDERSTAND . A MESSAGE TO BE A BETTER PERSON.

You four have to watch "Rain Man" (1988). It's a beautiful, heartwarming movie that won Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture. A great movie with some amazing performances. Of course before you watch it you should watch "Abbott and Costello's - Who's on First" comedy skit which plays an important part in the movie. It's a historically famous and hilarious comedy bit that's definitely worth watching.

*According to me 3 most heartbreaking scenes ever in world cinema.* 😭😭 *(1). (**45:56** To **46:59**) On Life is beautiful, And When He Said In Narration Voice - "This is my Story, this is the sacrifice my father made, this was his gift to me" - Listening This Line Everyone Will Cry.* *(2). in Movie Schindler's List, In Ending Scene when the people saved by Schindler gather on the tracks, and Oskar breaks down in tears at the horror of what happened.* *(3). When Amitabh Bachchan died in "Sholay 1975".* *I am 100% sure that even a stone hearted person will cry after seeing these 3 scenes.* *Nothing can match these scenes in world cinema in terms of most emotional heartbreak scenes.*

Come italiano sono fiero di questo capolavoro prodotto dal nostro paese, capace di far emozionare e piangere perfino all'estero, e allo stesso tempo mi strazia vedere che sprechiamo tutto il nostro potenziale cinematografico in squallidi cinepanettoni e adesso anche in squallidi remake. Potremmo dare tanto ma TAAAANTO di più all'industria cinematografica se lo volessimo davvero.