In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together an help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.
克里斯·加德纳做父亲的时候,他发誓要做一个称职 的好爸爸。然而天不遂愿,这位单身父亲屡遇不顺, 遭遇失业等不幸,和年幼的儿子相依为命、流离失 所。为了儿子的幸福,加德纳咬紧牙关重新振作, 处处向机会敲门,并毛遂自荐进入一家证券公司工 作,从最底层的员工做起。终于皇天不负苦心人, 他最后成为知名的金融投资家。之后,他慷慨解囊, 热心捐助公益活动,成为全美知名的慈善人物。而 过程中支持他咬紧牙关的最大动力,除了宝贝儿子
讲述了意大利一对犹太父子被送进纳粹集中营,父亲 不忍年仅五岁的儿子饱受惊恐,利用自己丰富的想像力 扯谎说他们正身处一个游戏当中,必须接受集中营中种 种规矩以换得分数赢取最后大奖。
父亲以游戏的方式保护儿子不受战争的伤害,保持一 颗纯真的童心。