The Tiger and the Snow

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?

• Release date
• October 14, 2005
• Runtime
• 114 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director
• Roberto Benigni

Cast

Roberto Benigni Attilio de Giovanni Jean Reno Fuad Nicoletta Braschi Vittoria Emilia Fox Nancy Browning Giuseppe Battiston Ermanno Tom Waits Self / Sè stesso Andrea Renzi Dottor Guazzelli Lucia Poli Signora Serao