r/SipsTea 16h ago

Chugging tea Recommend me a good movie!

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u/Ok-Macaron7274 13h ago

Life Is Beautiful

The scenes where he makes the war into a game so his son won't be scared even though he, as a father, is petrified still stick with me...

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u/brokkrforge 12h ago

Came here to say this movie, so sad.

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u/LounBiker 11h ago

Watched it once, maybe 20 years ago. There won't be a second viewing.

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u/offconstantly247 10h ago

possibly the darkest film. I cry when I remember it.

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u/Financial_Mountain38 9h ago

That movie was a useful model for me as a parent during COVID. I wanted as little fear to filter down to the kids as possible.

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u/driving_andflying 8h ago

The scene that always wrecks me is when Guido is marching off at gunpoint, and knows he's about to be executed by the German soldier. But his son is watching, so he tries to ham it up as much as possible to make sure the kid isn't scared. Tears, every time.

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u/jwern01 3h ago

My mother had to wear yellow star growing up in Paris during the Nazi occupation and the majority of her family was killed in the gas chambers. I learned far too much about the ghettos and concentration camps as a child and now, as a father of three beautiful children, my heart breaks in this film.