1. 1  a rigid plate, usually of steel in the shape of an arc of a cylinder, coated on the outside of its curved surface with a friction-producing material and tightened against the inside of a brake drum to produce a braking action.
La vita Ã¨ bella redirects here. For other uses, see La vita Ã¨ bella (disambiguation). Life Is Beautiful (Italian: La vita Ã¨ bella [la ËviËta É bËbÉlla]) is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami.
1: Vita is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in English, German, and Scandinavian. It is derived literally from the word vita which is of the meaning 'life'. The name is a 19th-century invention. It was borne by the English writer Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), for whom Vita was a pet name of Victoria. Vita is the feminine equivalent of the Dutch and German Veit.