The movie takes place in 1939 in Italy. Guido Orefice, a comical and sharp man, is leaving his old life and going to the city. From the start he falls in love with Dora who he sees later in the city where she works as a teacher. Finally Dora sees Guido's affection and they get are married and have a son, Giosué. But one day the nazi army caught them and put them in a concentration camp.
In the camp, Guido hides their true situation from his son.He sets up the concentration camp as a game for Giosué: each of the tasks will earn them points and whoever gets to one thousand points first will win a tank. Guido uses this game to explain features of the concentration camp that would otherwise be scary for a young child.
Days have past and a really bad new achieves: an officer makes the decision to execute Guido. Guido is led off by the soldier to be executed and while the soldier is leading him to his death, Guido passes by Giosué one last time, still in the character and playing the game.
The next morning, Giosué emerges from the sweatbox as the camp is occupied by an American armored division. The young boy thinks he has won the game and has won a tank. The prisoners travel to a safety place, accompanied by the Americans. While they are traveling, the soldiers allow Giosué to ride on the front of the tank with them. Giosué soon spots his mum, Dora, in the procession leaving the camp. Giosué and Dora are reunited and are extremely happy to see each other.
I think that is a very hard story because, given the circumstances, is very difficult to keep the happiness and give love but the family that the film show us, get it. I admire the strength that Guido has and the fight for keeping the family united. It is a difficult love but not by the persons, but by the circumstances that they went throw. Guido and Dora have a true love and they fight for keep it alive.
That's why this film is very beautiful and I recommend it to everyone.
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