La Tigre e la neve (2005) Directed by Roberto Benigni
Comedy / Drama / Romance / War
aka: The Tiger and the Snow
Film Synopsis
Attilo is a poet and, like all great poets, he is a dreamer.
Every night, he has the same dream, in which he encounters his ideal
woman. How delighted he is to find the woman of his dreams, in
flesh and blood, in the course of a discussion with an Iraqi
friend. Attilo doesn't waste a second in trying to seduce her,
but Vittoria proves unsusceptible to his charms and before he knows it
she is gone. The poet decides he must find her, at any cost...
Cast: Roberto Benigni (Attilio de Giovanni),
Jean Reno (Fuad),
Nicoletta Braschi (Vittoria),
Tom Waits (Himself),
Emilia Fox (Nancy Browning),
Gianfranco Varetto (Avvocato Scuotilancia),
Giuseppe Battiston (Ermanno),
Lucia Poli (Signora Serao),
Chiara Pirri (Emilia),
Anna Pirri (Rosa),
Andrea Renzi (Dottor Guazzelli),
Abdelhafid Metalsi (Dottore Salman),
Amid Farid (Al Giumeil),
Mohmed Hedi Bahri (Firas scarpe),
Mohamed Malek Bchatnia (Ladro bazar),
Steven Beckingham (First Sergeant),
Ahmed Ben Massoud (Vecchio campo minato),
David Birkin (US Marine),
Jorge Luis Borges (Himself (archive footage)),
Alexis Conran (Private Roadblock)
Country: Italy
Language: Italian / English / Arabic / French
Support: Color
Runtime: 114 min
Aka:The Tiger and the Snow
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