Life is Beautiful is a film that portrays the life of a Jewish-Italian waiter who ends up in a concentration camp with his family, including his son and his wife. The story is considered a comedy-drama and uses comedy to convey its rather harsh story of the Holocaust. Many critics have shot down this movie for not portraying the actual events and the darkness of the Holocaust. Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami, chose this storytelling tool to help develop a sense of deep underlying dramatic irony. They use the theories of survival that were originally developed by Viktor Frankl. His theory is founded on the belief that human nature is motivated by the search for life. Frankl defined his theory on the thought that humans can develop mental health issues and insanity without a sense of meaning in life. He developed this theory while he was in a concentration camp. …show more content…
His character is moving to the city and find his future wife Dora. They get married and have a son. They are shown to be happy together and with their son Giosue. Their happiness is soon halted by the splitting of the family when the Nazis collect the Jews of their town and they are sent to a concentration camp. While at the camp, Guido persists with his happy-go-lucky attitude. Roberto Benigni portays his character by showing us how he is always uplifting and cunning and continues to be even though impending doom is soon to be met. He continues his character for his son. He believes that if he shows his son that he is happy, his son will be happy. His objective was obviously to survive with his son and his wife, but he had heard the unfortunate stories of what happens in concentration/extermination camps. Guido creates a fake game that distracts his son from what is actually