‘The Tiger and the Snow’ Screening at Sufi
A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.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. Attendance is free.
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. Attendance is free.
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