Film Summary: Life Is Beautiful
"LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL"
I. List of characters * Guido Orefice-A Jewish-Italian bookstore owner.Dora’s husband. * Dora Orefice-Guido's wife. * Giosue Orefice-Guido and Dora's son.He always follow his parents rule. * Eliseo Orefice-Guido's uncle. Eliseo finds Guido a job as a waiter when he first arrives in the city. * Ferruccio Papini-Guido's friend. * Dora's Mother-A staid woman, Dora's mother does not want her to marry Guido, and the two fall out of touch for many years. * School Principal-An uptight woman who is shocked when Guido arrives to lecture her charges on the superiority of the Aryan race. * Amico Rodolfo-He is insensitive and caught up in Italian high society, and he makes Dora unhappy. * Bartolomeo-One of Guido's bunkmates in the concentration camp. * Vittorino-A fellow prisoner at the concentration camp. * Oreste-the man who employs Ferruccio as an upholsterer.
II. Summary Guido, and Ferruccio, rocket down a country slope, the brakes on their old car having given way. They pass through a parade, and the audience is immediately aware of where we are: the bystanders, believing Guido to be a Fascist leader, all raise their arms in the "Heil Hitler" sign. While Ferruccio attempts to fix the car, Guido happens upon a little farm, where the woman who is to become the love of his life literally falls from the sky into his arms. "Good morning, princess!" he cries, grinning widely. Guido and Ferruccio find lodgings with Guido's uncle, Eliseo, who recently has come under attack by Fascists. Eliseo also helps Guido to get a job as a waiter in a fancy hotel. Guido visits a moneylender in an effort to secure a loan to open up a bookshop, and he soon realizes that the disagreeable man, Amico, who refuses his loan is also the betrothed of the woman who fell into his arms, Dora. The following series of events demonstrates what a truly extraordinary character Guido is: he is uniquely capable of
I. List of characters * Guido Orefice-A Jewish-Italian bookstore owner.Dora’s husband. * Dora Orefice-Guido's wife. * Giosue Orefice-Guido and Dora's son.He always follow his parents rule. * Eliseo Orefice-Guido's uncle. Eliseo finds Guido a job as a waiter when he first arrives in the city. * Ferruccio Papini-Guido's friend. * Dora's Mother-A staid woman, Dora's mother does not want her to marry Guido, and the two fall out of touch for many years. * School Principal-An uptight woman who is shocked when Guido arrives to lecture her charges on the superiority of the Aryan race. * Amico Rodolfo-He is insensitive and caught up in Italian high society, and he makes Dora unhappy. * Bartolomeo-One of Guido's bunkmates in the concentration camp. * Vittorino-A fellow prisoner at the concentration camp. * Oreste-the man who employs Ferruccio as an upholsterer.
II. Summary Guido, and Ferruccio, rocket down a country slope, the brakes on their old car having given way. They pass through a parade, and the audience is immediately aware of where we are: the bystanders, believing Guido to be a Fascist leader, all raise their arms in the "Heil Hitler" sign. While Ferruccio attempts to fix the car, Guido happens upon a little farm, where the woman who is to become the love of his life literally falls from the sky into his arms. "Good morning, princess!" he cries, grinning widely. Guido and Ferruccio find lodgings with Guido's uncle, Eliseo, who recently has come under attack by Fascists. Eliseo also helps Guido to get a job as a waiter in a fancy hotel. Guido visits a moneylender in an effort to secure a loan to open up a bookshop, and he soon realizes that the disagreeable man, Amico, who refuses his loan is also the betrothed of the woman who fell into his arms, Dora. The following series of events demonstrates what a truly extraordinary character Guido is: he is uniquely capable of