The Tiger and the Snow
Film2005114 min6.7/10 on TMDB
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Directed by Roberto Benigni
A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.
The story
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?
Watch trailerCast & crew
Roberto BenigniAttilio de Giovanni
Jean RenoFuad
Nicoletta BraschiVittoria
Emilia FoxNancy Browning
Giuseppe BattistonErmanno
Tom WaitsSelf / Sè stesso
Andrea RenziDottor Guazzelli
Lucia PoliSignora SeraoGianfranco Varetto
Gianfranco VarettoAvvocato Scuotilancia
Abdelhafid MetalsiDottore SalmanChiara Pirri
Chiara PirriEmiliaExplore the crew
- Producer
- Nicoletta Braschi
- Director
- Roberto Benigni
- Director of Photography
- Fabio Cianchetti
- Producer
- Ridha Turki
- Original Music Composer
- Nicola Piovani
- Editor
- Massimo Fiocchi
- Producer
- Gianluigi Braschi
- Writer
- Roberto Benigni
- Writer
- Vincenzo Cerami