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Bread and Tulips

2000 · 114 min

A gentle, charming escape into a new life, full of small delights and quiet romance.

Directed by
Silvio Soldini
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston
Tagline
Imagine your life. Now go live it.
Overview
An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.

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Directed by
Silvio Soldini
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • freedom
  • identity
  • love
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Silvio Soldini
Written by
Silvio Soldini, Doriana Leondeff
Starring
Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston, Antonio Catania, Marina Massironi, Felice Andreasi, Vitalba Andrea, Tatiana Lepore
Music
Giovanni Venosta
Cinematography
Luca Bigazzi
Runtime
114 min
Country
Belgium, Italy, Switzerland
Languages
Italian

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