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The Tiger and the Snow
2005 6.8 (481 votes) 1h 54m
Genres
Comedy Drama Romance
Production Companies
Melampo Cinematografica
Focus Features

The Tiger and the Snow (La tigre e la neve)

A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.

Overview

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?

Key Crew

Director: Roberto Benigni

Producer: Gianluigi Braschi, Nicoletta Braschi, Ridha Turki

Director of Photography: Fabio Cianchetti

Writer: Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami

Top Cast

Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni

Attilio de Giovanni

Jean Reno
Jean Reno

Fuad

Nicoletta Braschi
Nicoletta Braschi

Vittoria

Emilia Fox
Emilia Fox

Nancy Browning

Giuseppe Battiston
Giuseppe Battiston

Ermanno

Tom Waits
Tom Waits

Self / Sè stesso

Andrea Renzi
Andrea Renzi

Dottor Guazzelli

Lucia Poli
Lucia Poli

Signora Serao

Videos

El Tigre y la Nieve-The Tiger And The Snow (Trailer)

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