Gianlorenzo Bernini said when talking about the film’s intention to make the film, the film was born out of a strong desire. If a film is not based on an exact event, but a genuine desire, then the film must be poetic. Beauty. In a cruel war zone, nightmares can happen at any time, and the love that appears at this time is also intertwined with laughter and tears, becoming extraordinarily strong and great. In the film, Attilio’s love is crazy. He has put life and death away. In order to save the life of his lover, he sacrifices everything at all costs. The film is about this kind of true and pure love.
Just like the strong contrast formed by the title, the two important elements of the film, poetry and war, are also completely opposite. Poetry is a carrier of elegance and a manifestation of the beauty of mankind; while war is a tool of destruction and a symbol of mankind's crudeness. Gianlorenzo Bernini said that during Attilio's passage at the US military checkpoint, the poet and the sentinel are close at hand, like war and poetry passing by, no one can understand each other. The film also has anti-war connotations from this.
Gianlorenzo Bernini decided to invite Jean Reno to join the film for a simple reason. An Italian TV show said that Jean Reno said frankly that he would like to cooperate with Gianlorenzo Bernini, and Gianlorenzo Bernini is also quite familiar with Jean Reno's usual screen image. As a veteran actor who often appears in action movies, playing a poet should have enough temptation and challenge, so the meeting Jean Reno and Gianlorenzo Bernini hit it off.
The location of the film was shot in Tunisia. The protagonist’s name is taken from the name of the famous Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci. His two sons are the Italian directors Sepe Bertolucci and Beldo Bertolucci. The old man died in 2000 , Gianlorenzo Bernini hopes to pay him deep respect.
Gianlorenzo Bernini confessed that there is no unique and novel idea behind this new work, but just sings love like "A Happy Legend": Love is the most powerful and subversive force in the world! He said: "I have always wanted to make a movie like "Tiger and Snow", a love movie where love is as pure as snow and committed to love. The hero in the movie is willing to go through fire and water for love, and can even sacrifice his precious life.
