Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Directed by Roberto Benigni
A Jewish waiter woos a schoolteacher in 1930s Arezzo, and years later, deported with their small son to a Nazi camp, turns the ordeal into a game to protect the boy.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Country road≈ 00:02:00Tuscany, ItalyInferred
Guido and his friend drive with failing brakes through the countryside, where he first meets Dora.
- 2Grand Hotel≈ 00:08:00Arezzo, ItalyStated on screen
Guido works as a waiter, keeps engineering chance meetings with Dora and finally carries her off from her engagement party.
- 3Guido's bookshop≈ 00:52:00Arezzo, ItalyStated on screen
Years later the family lives in Arezzo, as anti-Jewish measures close in.
- 4Concentration camp (unnamed)≈ 01:02:00InferredFictional
- 5Outside the camp≈ 01:52:00Concentration camp (unnamed)InferredFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 595 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 5
- Train: 539 km
- Car: 56 km
- Not shown: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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