The Tiger and the Snow

Status

Released

Original Languages

it

Budget

$35,000,000.00

Revenue

$24,000,000.00

Runtime

1h 54m

Rating

6.75

Keyword

literature professor
medicine
poet
iraq
autorin
falling in love
illness
baghdad

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

Comedy
Drama
Romance

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?

Cast (36)

Top billed cast, displaying the actors in their respective roles.

Roberto Benigni

as Attilio de Giovanni

Jean Reno

as Fuad

Nicoletta Braschi

as Vittoria

Emilia Fox

as Nancy Browning

Giuseppe Battiston

as Ermanno

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