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With: Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi, Tom Waits, Emilia Fox, Gianfranco Varetto, Giuseppe Battiston, Lucia Poli, Chiara Pirri, Anna Pirri, Andrea Renzi, Abdelhafid Metalsi, Amid Farid
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Written by: Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
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Directed by: Roberto Benigni
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
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Language: Italian, English with English subtitles
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Running Time: 114
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Date: 10/14/2005
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The Tiger and the Snow (2006)
War Groan
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Roberto Benigni's transparent neediness comes out in full force in his new film, a naked attempt to repeat his long-lost Oscar love from Life Is Beautiful (1998). This time, he plays a poet who travels to Iraq during the 2003 attacks to rescue his true love (Nicoletta Braschi), lying comatose in a bombed-out Baghdad hospital. He rushes out into the danger zone to get the things she needs, and babbles at her constantly (she's a perfect "straight man" for him). Benigni has nothing to say about the Iraq war, as if merely referencing it adds importance to the film. His peculiar editing choices and snail's pace only increase the film's gnawing of creepy discomfort. Jean Reno co-stars, and Tom Waits appears as himself.
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