La vie est belle

Capra's heartstring-tugger aims for immortality, or at least annual viewings. Facing ruin, a small-town banker considers ending it all one fateful Christmas Eve. Sentimental to a fault, the film's earnestness still resonates, like it or not.

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Frank Capra directed La vie est belle in 1946. See Frank Capra's full filmography, where to start with Frank Capra, or where to go after you've seen everything by Frank Capra.

La vie est belle was released in 1946 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 131 minutes.