Release Date

14 Oct, 2005

Runtime

01:54: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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

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?

Original Title

La tigre e la neve

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Actors

Roberto Benigni

Jean Reno

Nicoletta Braschi

Emilia Fox

Giuseppe Battiston

Tom Waits

Andrea Renzi

Lucia Poli

Gianfranco Varetto

Anna Pirri

Abdelhafid Metalsi

Chiara Pirri

Amid Farid

Mohamed Malek Bchatnia

Ahmed Ben Massoud

Steven Beckingham

Israel Aduramo

Mohmed Hedi Bahri

Franco Barbero

David Tristan Birkin

Simone Carella

Crew

Nicoletta Braschi

Maurizio Sabatini

Roberto Benigni

Elda Ferri

Roberto Benigni

Fabio Cianchetti

Lucia Barbato

Nathalie Chéron

Ridha Turki

Nicola Piovani

Vincenzo Cerami

Massimo Fiocchi

Louise Stjernsward

Gianluigi Braschi