Directed by Robert Benigni in 1997

The audience follow their love story and how it all goes wrong due to the holocaust

• Shows that there was a clear political corruption along with social class inequalities within Italy in 1939

• When Dora and Guido first meet their clothes reflect their differences in social class - Guido is wearing rural and urban clothing and Dora is all dressed up trying to get rid of a hornets nest

• Joshua's toy tanks foreshadows the ending of the film and is a motif throughout the second act of the film

• The difference between classes are seen with Guido's family and Dora's family

• Benigni deliberately includes historical inaccuracies in order to avoid people directly comparing the holocaust with Italy

• A father who transforms from a romantic clown to a tragic hero who sacrifices his life for his son