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Pope Leo names Italian Holocaust film ‘Life is Beautiful’ as one of his 4 favorites of all time

JL;DR SUMMARY Pope Leo XIV has chosen Roberto Benigni's controversial Holocaust film, "Life Is Beautiful," as one of his favorite movies, highlighting its polarizing impact among Jewish audiences. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustJewish FilmmakersVaticanMel BrooksLife Is BeautifulRoberto BenigniFilm CriticismNostra AetateJewish Catholic RelationsPope Leo Xiv

Places mentioned

Italy
"Life Is Beautiful, a melodrama by Italian filmmaker and comedian Robert Benigni, follows an Italian Jewish father and his son as they are sent to a Nazi concentration camp."
Holy See (Vatican City State)
"Pope Leo did not elaborate on his reasons for the selections in the truncated video posted by Variety announcing a convening of filmmakers at the Vatican that will begin Saturday."
Poland
"Pawel Pawlikowski, a Polish filmmaker of Jewish descent and the director of the Oscar-winning Holocaust film Ida"

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