Schindler Life Is Beautiful

During the Second World War, six million Jews were systematically murdered in what is considered to be the deadliest genocide in history. “The Final Solution,” as referred to by the Nazis, was an anti-Semitic plot to rid the world of Jews. Jews were taken from their homes and rounded up; they were segregate from society and placed into ghettos, only to later be relocated once again into concentration camps where many of them perished. Fortunately, the Nazis were not victorious in their ploy, and may Jews escaped extermination.
Nearly seventy-five years later, the catastrophe has opened the doors for filmmaking as retell the horrors realistically, as well as to dramatize and fictionalize them as well. For my film festival project, I have chosen to discuss contemporary films and their relation to the Holocaust. I have selected six films, all of which were released in the last twenty-five years, with storylines involving the Holocaust. All the movies originate from different countries and are unique in their filmmaking style and their take on the event. My intentions with this project were to recognize how different countries that all having somewhat been affected by the same global tragedy interpret and construct films relating to the topic in their own ways.
The first film on my list is probably the most iconic and well-known Holocaust film of all time.
It starts off as a love story, with the main character of Guido (Roberto Benigni), a Jewish-Italian meeting and falling in love with Dora (Nicoletta Braschi). They ultimately get married and have a son, Giosue (Giorgio Cantarini). Not long after, World War II breaks out, and the family is shipped out to a concentration camp, where Dora is separated from Guido and Giosue. In an attempt to sensor the horrors of their situation from his son, Guido pretends that their time at the camp is only a game, and that whoever wins will receive a tank as their