Le tigre ey la neige DVD 2005 Tigris a hóban (The Tiger and the Snow) / Directed by Roberto Benigni / Starring: Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi, Emilia Fox

UPC 5999544244573

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN THE EU

AUDIO: Italian 5.1, Hungarian 5.1

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 109 minutes

English Summary:

The Tiger and the Snow (Italian: La tigre e la neve) is a 2005 Italian comedy-drama film starring and directed by Roberto Benigni. Inspired by the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, the film is set in Rome and Baghdad during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and follows the protagonist Attilio as he desperately journeys to Baghdad to save the love of his life, Vittoria, from her impending death.

In 2003 Italy, Attilio de Giovanni, a comical and impassioned poetry professor and the divorced father of two teenage girls, is hopelessly in love with Vittoria, a coworker and writer. Vittoria is the subject of Attilio's many dreams that center around a wedding between him and Vittoria. Attilio's strenuous courtship is unsuccessful, yet he does not lose hope, despite the fact that Vittoria obviously does not share the same feelings. She tells him that she will agree to marry him only when she sees a tiger walking on the snow.

Vittoria leaves for Iraq to write the biography of the poet Fuad, Attilio's close friend who is returning to his country after 18 years living in France. In Baghdad, she is wounded as collateral damage during the invasion of Iraq. By impersonating a Red Cross surgeon, and Attilio sneaks onto a flight to Baghdad in a desperate attempt to save her life. He finds Vittoria in an Iraqi hospital lying in a coma, and like thousands of Iraqis caught in the crossfire, she will inevitably die due to low medicine supplies. Fuad directs Attilio to an old Iraqi pharmacist, who suggests ancient treatments that manage to keep her alive, temporarily. Attilio locates scuba gear to provide Vittoria with oxygen and a flyswatter, which he jokingly calls the "weapon of mass destruction" the US is looking for in Iraq.

Hungarian Summary:

2003. Az iraki háború egyre fenyegetőbbé válik. Rómában Attilio, a költő, beleszeret Vittoriába. Minden éjjel arról álmodik, hogy feleségül veszi. De Vittoriát nem érdekli a férfi, és türelmét veszti látván a makacsul szerelmes költő hódítási erőfeszítéseit. Egy nap Attiliot egy iraki költő - akinek az életrajzát Vittoria írja - felhívja Bagdadból: Vittoria már az egyik első angol-amerikai bombázásban megsérült, s egy kórházban haldoklik. Őrült szerelmétől vezérelve Attilio Irakba indul, hogy megmentse szerelmét.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Roberto Benigni as Attilio de Giovanni, a poetry professor who travels to Baghdad to save Vittoria.
• Jean Reno as Fuad, Attilio's friend and fellow poet who also travels to Baghdad.
• Nicoletta Braschi as Vittoria, Attilio's love interest who consistently evades his approaches and is comatose for most of the film due to being badly hurt in Baghdad.
• Emilia Fox as Nancy, a Briton who works at the school Attilio teaches at.
• Giuseppe Battiston as Ermanno.
• Tom Waits as himself.
• Andrea Renzi as Doctor Guazzelli.
• Gianfranco Varetto as Attorney Scuotilancia.
• Chiara Pirri as Emilia, one of Attilio's daughters.
• Anna Pirri as Rosa, another of Attilio's daughters.
• Martin Sherman as an American soldier.