Wednesday, May 11, 2022

THE TIGER AND THE SNOW (2005)


 





















Directed by: Roberto Benigni
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi, Emilia Fox, Giuseppe Battiston, Tom Waits, Andrea Renzi, Gianfranco Varetto, Chiara Pirri, Anna Pirri, Martin Sherman

118 minutes
(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of war)
Country of origin: Italy

PLOT:
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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