The Tiger and the Snow
by Roberto Benigni
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Actor: Emilia Fox, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni, Tom WaitsDirector: Roberto Benigni
Brand: Tiger
Writer: Roberto Benigni
Producer: Nicoletta Braschi
Cinematographer: Fabio Cianchetti
Producer: Elda Ferri
Producer: Gianluigi Braschi
Producer: Ridha Turki
Writer: Vincenzo Cerami
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-08
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Arts Alliance Amer
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Movie Review: magic
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply magic. There are so many wonderful and touching images in this film, a pure delight!
Summary of The Tiger and the Snow
Soon after the start of hostilities in Iraq, Rome-based, lovestruck poet and lecturer Attilio heads to Baghdad when he learns from his friend, an Iraqi poet, that the woman he loves has been critcally injured in a bomb explosion. Attilio does everything in his power to save her, risking his own life amidst the chaos of war. A winning blend of comedy and tragedy, The Tiger and The Snow is also a highly charged polemic against the futility of war.There's not a lot in The Tiger and the Snow that we have not seen before from lead actor Roberto Benigni. Once more Benigni is paired with his real-life wife, Nicoletta Braschi. Once more, Benigni is paired with the venerable Tom Waits (previously united in Down by Law). Once more, Benigni plays a slightly buffo character who overcomes incredulous obstacles to become the semi-lovable/inspiring/wacky hero of a desperate situation. Switch out a concentration camp for Baghdad and you have a plot that harkens back to La Vita e' Bella (Life Is Beautiful)--the film that thrust Benigni into the international spotlight, and a chair-vaulting Oscar appearance in 1999. This time he plays Roman poet Attilio, who sneaks into war-torn Baghdad in the hopes of resuscitating his theretofore-unrequited love interest, Vittoria (Braschi), who has been injured in a bombing. While Benigni's over-the-top slapstick persona is more palatable in the Italian comedy classics Johnny Stecchino and Il Mostro, there are some genuinely touching moments between him and Braschi in the film, including the surreal opening scene where Waits makes his appearance. Jean Reno (The Da Vinci Code) puts in a solid performance as Fuad, an Iraqi-born poet, while Abdelhafid Metalsi delivers a stiff-as-a-board performance as Dottore Salman. Pessimists may find this film hard to bear, but optimists will conclude that life is, indeed, beautiful. --Renata Sadunas
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