#2 "La tigre e la neve" by Roberto Benigni

My first summer holiday was started, I guess almost students in Bunkyo University would have begun their vacation like me. In my routines, I have tried cleaning my room from early morning but...my hands still have being worked because I don't finish it yet! Moreover, I watched the movie of Roberto Benigni before I knew it so that I thought that "I do need to tell how nice it is!"

I'd like to tell shortly about its story and my ideas. Roberto Benigni isn't only one of the great directors in Italy, also he is also known as good actor and comedian. His firm "Life Is Beautiful" in 1998 which he was nominated seven Academy Awards is so famous around the world. "La tigre e la neve"(English: "The Tiger and the Snow") in 2005 is his latest firm. Attilio de Giovanni(Roberto Benigni) is a professor to teach poety. Vittoria(Nicoletta Braschi) who works as a writer is his wife but they live separately because Attilio had adulterous affairs before, and they don't get marry. Attilio always has told her how he loves her. However Vittoria usually returns the same sentence to him "If It snows in Rome and I see a tiger then, I'll marry with you." One day, Vittoria went to Iraq to write biograpy of Fuad(Jean Reno) who is a poet. Unfortunately, she was involved the Iraq Wars, then she was seriously ill. When Attilio knew its news, the time to save his wife in Iraq was begun...

This is a love story which relates social factors like Iraq Wars and religion's issues. Some of scence has expressions that I could realize what immigrants in Iraq have spent hard time. Although this movie was made in 2005, issues of Iraq isn't solved yet. I enjoyed its love parts with poeties(I often make a poety to have fun of rhymes), on the other hand, it gave me feeling that we have faced a lot of issues now.

The point that I recommend it is casts in this firm. Roberto Benigni acts a main character and his wife(Nicoletta Braschi, yeah! She is real wife of him. what a wonderful they are.) appears in his movies. I think that they love each other deeply, so they may be able to act realistic, don't you think so?

I hope you'd like to borrow this movie at DVD shop, and are going to move yourself by their story. :D

:Details of "The Tiger and the Snow" in Japanese
http://www.movie-eye.com/jinsei/