Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Italy
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
- In Italian — subtitles on.
The story
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
- dying and death
- bookshop
- love of one's life
- nazi
- self sacrifice
- loss of loved one
- italy
- riddle
- mass murder
- concentration camp
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Sergio Bini Bustric — Ferruccio
- Marisa Paredes — Dora's Mother
- Horst Buchholz — Doctor Lessing
- Lidia Alfonsi — Mrs. Guicciardini
- Giuliana Lojodice — School Principal
- Amerigo Fontani — Rodolfo
- Pietro De Silva — Bartolomeo
- Francesco Guzzo — Vittorino
- Raffaella Lebboroni — Elena
- Claudio Alfonsi — Rodolfo's Friend
- Gil Baroni — Prefect
- Directed
- Roberto Benigni
- Written
- Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
Production
- Rating
- 8.4 / 10 · 14,214 ratings
- Studio
- Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D., Melampo Cinematografica
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
