The Tiger and the Snow

The Tiger and the Snow (2005)

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

TMDb

6.7

14/10/2005 • 1h 54m
original-title

La tigre e la neve

status

Released

production-companies

Melampo Cinematografica

Focus Features

original-language

Italian

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?

production-countries

Italy

spoken-languages

Arabic

English

Italian

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