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Original Title
La tigre e la neve
Status
Released
Production Companies
Melampo CinematograficaFocus Features
Original Language
IT
Budget
$35,000,000
Revenue
$24,000,000
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?
Director
Roberto Benigni
Production Countries
Italy
Spoken Languages
Italian, English, Arabic
