The Tiger and the Snow

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The Tiger and the Snow ★½ La Tigre e la Neve 2005

First it was the Holocaust and now Benigni uses the backdrop of the war in Iraq, circa 2003, for his absurdist tragicomedy romance. Exuberant Roman poet Attilio (Benigni) passes himself off as an aid worker and heads to Baghdad when he discovers Vittoria (Brachi), the woman he loves, has been seriously injured in a bombing. Italian with subtitles. 110m/C DVD . IT Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Jean Reno, Tom Waits, Emilia Fox; D: Roberto Benigni; W: Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami; C: Fabio Cianchetti; M: Nicola Povani.

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