Benigni plans Iraq war `comedy'

Italian actor and director Roberto Benigni is to make a film about the Iraq war. "La Tigre e la Neve" ("The Tiger and the Snow") is set in Iraq in March 2003 - right at the beginning of the U.S.- led campaign. In spite of the subject matter, Oscar-winner Benigni intends the film, due for release next year, to be a comedy. Benigni plays the part of a poet who is in Iraq by chance and is caught up in the events.