The Tiger and the Snow (
2005) | IMDb:
7
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?
Starring:
Roberto Benigni
,
Jean Reno
,
Nicoletta Braschi
,
Emilia Fox
,
Giuseppe Battiston
,
Tom Waits
Directed by:
Roberto Benigni
The Pianist (
2002) | IMDb:
8.5
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Starring:
Adrien Brody
,
Thomas Kretschmann
,
Frank Finlay
,
Maureen Lipman
,
Emilia Fox
,
Ed Stoppard