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Roberto Benigni
La vita è bella Life is beautiful
by Roberto Benigni
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115 editions published between 1997 and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 2,024 libraries worldwide A charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and has created a beautiful life for his young family. Then that life is threatened by World War II.
La vita è bella Life is beautiful
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6 editions published between 1998 and 2000 in Italian and English and held by 1,095 libraries worldwide A charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and has created a beautiful life for his young family. Then that life is threatened by World War II.
Down by law
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41 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 798 libraries worldwide A comedy feature about two lowlifes, a small time pimp and an unemployed disc jockey, framed for crimes they didn't commit, who escape from jail with an eccentric Italian tourist. Set in New Orleans and the swamps of Louisiana.
Coffee and cigarettes
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23 editions published between 2003 and 2010 in English and held by 737 libraries worldwide A collection of eleven stories that range from Bill Murray's hilarious delivery of java and advice to Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and GZA to an interchange steeped in jealousy between a successful actress and her bitter cousin.
Night on earth
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8 editions published between 1992 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 505 libraries worldwide A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver's career. New York - An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn't understand. Paris - A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness. Rome - A gregarious cabbie picks up an ailing man and virtually talks him to death. Helsinki - an industrial worker gets laid off and he and his compatriots discuss the bleakness and unfairness of love and life and death.
Life is beautiful = La vita è bella
by Roberto Benigni
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65 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in 10 languages and held by 463 libraries worldwide Le scénario intégral du film.
Pinocchio
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13 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 313 libraries worldwide A wooden puppet has a series of adventures on his way to becoming "a real boy."
La tigre e la neve The tiger and the snow
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10 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 309 libraries worldwide Soon after the start of hostilities in Iraq, Rome-based, love-struck poet and lecturer Attilio heads to Baghdad when he learns from his friend, an Iraqi poet, that the woman he loves has been critically injured in a bomb explosion. Attilio does everything in his power to save her, risking his own life amidst the chaos of war.
Johnny Stecchino
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30 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 226 libraries worldwide The drop-dead gorgeous wife of the notorious mafioso Johnny Toothpick discovers a naive bus driver who's a dead-ringer for her husband who is on the lam and under the gun; she schemes to switch the two men, creating one of the best comedies of the year.
Il Mostro
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9 editions published between 1994 and 1999 in Italian and German and held by 201 libraries worldwide A vicious serial killer is on the loose committing rape and murder. Landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, due to his unfortunate habit of getting caught in compromising yet innocent situations. An undercover policewoman is assigned to watch the suspect and find evidence for his arrest.
Federico Fellini sono un gran bugiardo = I'm a big liar
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2 editions published in 2003 in Italian and held by 189 libraries worldwide Laced with interviews and classic clips, the film literally retraces Fellini's footsteps dramatizing Fellini's vision and the same world minus that vision. What results is no mere portrait, but an energetic, philosophical inquiry.
Son of the pink panther
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9 editions published between 1993 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 129 libraries worldwide The bumbling, accident-prone dimwit assigned to help Commissioner Dreyfus rescue a kidnapped princess turns out to be the illigitimate son of Inspector Clouseau.
Johnny Stecchino Johnny Toothpick
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1 edition published in 1993 in Italian and held by 91 libraries worldwide The drop-dead gorgeous wife of the notorious mafioso Johnny Toothpick discovers a naive bus driver who's a dead-ringer for her on the lam and under the gun husband and schemes to switch the two men.
Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther
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1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 89 libraries worldwide Jacques Gambrelli, a hopelessly inept French policeman, turns out to be the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau. Gambrelli becomes involved with the investigation of a kidnapping involving the beautiful Princess Yasmin.
Seeking asylum
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4 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in Italian and held by 80 libraries worldwide A playful, innocent preschool teacher leads his charges on unorthodox field trips and entertains them in kooky ways. Able to view life through a child's eyes, he grows exceptionally close to his pupils.
Berlinguer I love you
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1 edition published in 2005 in Italian and held by 68 libraries worldwide The story of Mario Cioni and his strange relationship with his mother.
Peter and the wolf a Prokofiev fantasy
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 63 libraries worldwide "A delightful DVD of Prokofiev's universally beloved and popular "musical tale," brought to life by human actors in a fairytale world inhabited by Muppet-like characters. Pop star Sting (The Police) lends his voice to a Sting puppet for the witty, enlightening commentary that guides the viewer through this charming suite. Also included is the Italian version with commentary by Academy Award-winner Roberto Benigni, (Life is Beautiful) acted out by a Benigni puppet."--www.hbdirect.com (viewed on Jan. 24, 2008).
Il mio Dante
by Roberto Benigni
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4 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in Italian and held by 55 libraries worldwide
La voce della luna
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19 editions published between 1989 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 40 libraries worldwide The main character is certain that wells talk to him, that colonies are obsessed by echoes and that deserts are sad. His perceptions greatly increase during the time of the full moon.
Das Leben ist schön (La vita è bella) ein bewegendes Meisterwerk
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27 editions published between 1997 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 35 libraries worldwide Ende der dreissiger Jahre in einer idyllischen Kleinstadt in der Toskana: Guido verliebt sich in die schöne Lehrerin Dora, mit der er eine wunderbare Romanze voller komischer Missgeschicke und zufälliger Begegnungen erlebt. Jahre später zerstören die Nazis ihr gemeinsames Glück mit dem Sohn Giosue, als Vater und Sohn deportiert werden. Aus Liebe folgt Dora, die nicht jüdisch ist, den beiden ins Konzentrationslager. Guido ist entschlossen, seinen Sohn vor dem Schrecken zu schützen. Unter unmenschlichsten Bedingungen behält er seinen Witz, seine Fröhlichkeit und seine phantasievoll spielerischen Fähigkeiten, denn Giosue soll weiter daran glauben, dass das Leben schön ist. (Quelle: Covertext). more
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Benigni, Roberto Bombings California--Los Angeles Cigarettes City and town life Coffee Comedy films Comedy films Concentration camps Conversation Criticism, interpretation, etc. Documentary films Drama Fantasy films Fathers and sons Feature films Feature films Fellini, Federico Films Films for the hearing impaired Finland--Helsinki Foreign films France--Paris Fugitives from justice Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Iraq--Baghdad Iraq War (2003-) Italy Italy--Rome Juvenile works Louisiana Love Mafia Man-woman relationships Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures Motion pictures, Italian Motion pictures--Production and direction New York (State)--New York Pinocchio (Fictitious character) Poets, Italian Taxicabs Video recordings Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Vita è bella (Motion picture) War films War wounds Wood-carvers World War (1939-1945)
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