在这部美好的生活剧情片中,导演维尔泽于1994年初执导筒，拍摄了《美好的生活》，在威尼斯电影节放映。凭借这部电影，维尔泽获得意大利新一代电影节“佛罗伦萨城市之星”奖。
Bruno and Mirella get married in 1989 and live in the little town of Piombino seems to be a bed of roses. After a while Bruno gets the sack, while Brunella takes up with a local tv idol, Gerry Fumo. When she realizes that Bruno can't stand being on the dole, she repents and wants to leave Gerry. It is too late: Bruno has found out everything and asks her to leave. After a while they take up another time, but they soon realize that their love story has ended. Mirella goes back to her parents' house and begins to work in a kindergarten, while Bruno finds a job at the local beach. The two begin to exchange a tender correspondence.
