Two screenings:
Saturday, April 28th, 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 29th, 7 p.m.

(LA TIGRE E LA NEVE, Roberto Benigni, Italy 2005, 115 min., Italian with subtitles, 35mm)

As he did in Life is Beautiful, the Oscar-winning actor/writer/director Roberto Benigni delivers another bittersweet comic love story set against a backdrop of war and devastation. After the start of the recent hostilities in Iraq, Rome-based poet and lecturer Attilio (Benigni) heads to Baghdad when he learns that the woman he loves, Vittoria (Nicoletta Braschi), has been critically injured in a bomb explosion. Facing numerous obstacles and helped by his Iraqi friend (Jean Reno), Attilio risks his life to protect and save the unconscious Vittoria. Singer Tom Waits, who co-stars as himself, contributed the lovely theme song.