The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
Rating: 6.8/10
Duration: 114 min
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance,
Director(s): Roberto Benigni,
Description:
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?
Cast
- Jean Reno as Fuad
- Roberto Benigni as Attilio de Giovanni
- Nicoletta Braschi as Vittoria
- Giuseppe Battiston as Ermanno
- Tom Waits as Self / Sè stesso
- Emilia Fox as Nancy Browning
- Andrea Renzi as Dottor Guazzelli
- Lucia Poli as Signora Serao
- Gianfranco Varetto as Avvocato Scuotilancia
- Anna Pirri as Rosa
- Abdelhafid Metalsi as Dottore Salman
- Chiara Pirri as Emilia
- Amid Farid as Al Giumeil
- Mohamed Malek Bchatnia as Ladro bazar
- Ahmed Ben Massoud as Vecchio campo minato