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Global cinema - Coggle Diagram
Global cinema
Life is beautiful
context
- Shows that there was a clear political corruption along with social class inequalities within Italy in 1939
- 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
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Mise-en-scene
- 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
Key Scenes
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- The breaking of the car and walking Dora home
Characters
- A father who transforms from a romantic clown to a tragic hero who sacrifices his life for his son
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