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Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) Scene 18 Summary

  • On Joshua's birthday, Dora brings her mother to the house, and they discover that the place has been ransacked. Guido, Joshua, and Eliseo are missing.
  • The three are in the back of a military truck with other Jews who've been rounded up. Joshua asks them where they're going, and Guido says it's a surprise trip for his birthday.
  • When an exhausted Joshua falls asleep, Guido looks at Eliseo and asks where they're being taken.