The Tiger and the Snow
A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.
6.7(502) 2005-10-14 114 minComedyDramaRomance
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?
ProducerNicoletta Braschi
DirectorRoberto Benigni
ProducerRidha Turki
Original Music ComposerNicola Piovani
ProducerGianluigi Braschi
WriterRoberto Benigni
WriterVincenzo Cerami
Cast & characters
Roberto Benigni
as Attilio de Giovanni
Jean Reno
as Fuad
Nicoletta Braschi
as Vittoria
Emilia Fox
as Nancy Browning
Giuseppe Battiston
as Ermanno
Tom Waits
as Self / Sè stesso
Andrea Renzi
as Dottor Guazzelli
Lucia Poli
as Signora Serao
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Gianfranco Varetto
as Avvocato Scuotilancia
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Anna Pirri
as Rosa
Abdelhafid Metalsi
as Dottore Salman
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Chiara Pirri
as Emilia
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Amid Farid
as Al Giumeil
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Mohamed Malek Bchatnia
as Ladro bazar
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Ahmed Ben Massoud
as Vecchio campo minato
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Steven Beckingham
as First Sergeant
Israel Aduramo
as Soldato americano
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Mohmed Hedi Bahri
as Firas scarpe
Franco Barbero
as —
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David Tristan Birkin
as US Marine
Simone Carella
as —
