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Audiences rate it 48 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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?
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes21%
Metacritic22/100
Audiences rate it 48 points higher than critics do.
508 audience votes
Key crew
- Roberto BenigniDirector
- Nicola PiovaniOriginal Music Composer
- Roberto BenigniWriter
- Vincenzo CeramiWriter
Cast
- Roberto BenigniAttilio de Giovanni
- Jean RenoFuad
- Nicoletta BraschiVittoria
- Emilia FoxNancy Browning
- Giuseppe BattistonErmanno
- Tom WaitsSelf / Sè stesso
- Andrea RenziDottor Guazzelli
- Lucia PoliSignora Serao
- Gianfranco VarettoAvvocato Scuotilancia
- Anna PirriRosa
- Abdelhafid MetalsiDottore Salman
- Chiara PirriEmilia
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Themes
literature professormedicinepoetiraqautorinfalling in loveillnessbaghdad