The Tiger and the Snow (2005)

10/14/2005 1h 54m

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

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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?

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Cast Ages at Release

Roberto Benigni

as Attilio de Giovanni

Born 10/27/1952, age

Jean Reno

as Fuad

Born 07/30/1948, age

Nicoletta Braschi

as Vittoria

Born 08/10/1960, age

Emilia Fox

as Nancy Browning

Born 07/31/1974, age

Giuseppe Battiston

as Ermanno

Born 07/22/1968, age

Tom Waits

as Self / Sè stesso

Born 12/07/1949, age