Movies
TV Shows
People
14/10/2005 Comedy, Drama, Romance 1h 54m
67
User score

A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.

Overview

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?

  1. Roberto Benigni

    Director, Writer

  2. Vincenzo Cerami

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Roberto Benigni

    Attilio de Giovanni

  2. Jean Reno

    Fuad

  3. Nicoletta Braschi

    Vittoria

  4. Emilia Fox

    Nancy Browning

  5. Giuseppe Battiston

    Ermanno

  6. Tom Waits

    Self / Sè stesso

  7. Andrea Renzi

    Dottor Guazzelli

  8. Lucia Poli

    Signora Serao

  9. Gianfranco Varetto

    Avvocato Scuotilancia

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Recommendations

  1. The Mirror Has Two Faces67%
  2. My Oxford Year70%
  3. Speechless59%
  4. Irreplaceable You69%
  5. Love Everlasting73%
  6. Father of the Bride70%
  7. The Lucky One71%
  8. New York, I Love You59%
  9. I Met a Girl63%
  10. Author! Author!59%
  11. Iris64%
  12. The Baltimorons61%
  13. Don Juan DeMarco68%
  14. Catch and Release59%
  15. Purple Hearts80%
  16. Doctor Zhivago75%
  17. Dear John68%
  18. The Notebook79%
  19. The History of Love64%
  20. Something's Gotta Give66%

Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$35,000,000.00

Revenue
$24,000,000.00

Keywords