Life is Beautiful, a Fable?

Fable—A deliberately false or improbable account, well, so says Merriam-Webster. Can a love story be a fable? Sure thing—not only did Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful does not just fall into one genre, but into many. The remarkable film can be considered as a romantic comedy, a drama, but most of all, a fable—The story of a man, winning the heart of his "princess" and his own son.

Now, Life is Beautiful is a very serious film. There are constant reminders of what time period the film is set in. The time of Hitler, a period of great racism towards the Jewish people. Guido knows very much about the current events, but continues to shelter his young son. We are reminded of the times with the painting of the horse. The words "Jewish Horse" are painted onto a horse that was also painted green. All of the images of the concentration camps make our spines chill as we realize and remember that hundreds of thousands of human beings had......

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