"Life is Beautiful!!"

Ito yung title ng movie na pinanood ko nung ACLE Selections - Day 2 of Humanities Week. Akala ko talaga makakatulog ako sa panonood ng movie na 'toh. Title pa lang kasi, mukha ng dramatic at all-cry. Plano ko naman talaga iyon nung nagsign-up ako for ACLE - ang matulog nang matagal at magpahinga sa isang napakalamig na airconditioned Learning Center :D. Kaya lang, pagkatapos kong magsign-up, narealize kong gusto ko ng masayang ACLE kaya tinanong ko si Mam Anda kung pwedeng magpalit ng ACLE. Sumagot siya ng isang line na hindi ko maalala ng isa na namang philosopher na hindi ko rin maalala na ang point eh, Hindi na pwedeng magpalit ! :(( Wala akong nagawa kundi maglook forward sa isang boring Tuesday morning - forum + this ACLE. Mali pala ako!!!!! Comedy yung movie almost throughout kaya hindi siya ganun kaboring para sa akin. Movie's set in Italy - probably, the World Wars period. Hati yung movie. First part talks about the everyday lives and the distinct culture and character of the Italians before the warring periods. Second part, on the other hand, talks about the hardships encountered by the Jewish in Italy during the warring periods. The main character is a Jewish dude living in Italy in order to work as a waiter in the fine resto his uncle is working under. Siya yung "comedian" ng story. Kaya siya nakakatawa dahil sa pagka-"autistic" niya in an enjoyable way - not so annoying. Later in the story, this Jewish dude married an Italian lady, Dora, who was supposed to be married off to some government guy. They had a son they named Joshua. Finally, when the war came, Joshua's family experienced a grave horror when they were all forced to move to the concentration camps led by the Germans. The Jewish were, at that time, extremely discriminated. The fun part here for me was that the Jewish father tries to make this horror story a game for his son, with a real tank as a first prize if they were the first ones to gain 1 000 points. Naliligtas niya yung bata dahil nagagawa niyang pataguin ito at umakto nang walang takot dahil nga laro lang ang tingin nung bata. The children in the camps were supposed to be cooked alive in large ovens to be manufactured as soaps or buttons. Pero dahil nga nakakatago siya, naligtas siya accidentally. The Jewish dude also remained a husband to his wife even if they were separated in the camp (they were sorted out when they entered). Binalik niya yung mga happy memories thru that old-fashioned music player (di ko alam tawag dun) and overhead announcers. In the end, the Jewish father did his greaters act, that is, sacrifice his own life to save his son and his wife. Actually, iyon lang yung nakita kong dramatic segment nung movie :). By the way, this movie was narrated by Joshua, the son of the Jewish dude. Hope you can watch this movie!!!!!!!