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Under the Tuscan Sun

2003 · 113 min

A warm, sun-dappled escape about starting over, with gentle humour and bittersweet moments.

Directed by
Audrey Wells
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Diane Lane, Lindsay Duncan, Vincent Riotta
Tagline
Life offers you a thousand chances ... all you have to do is take one.
Overview
Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to piece her life back together in unexpected ways.

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Directed by
Audrey Wells
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Diane Lane, Lindsay Duncan, Vincent Riotta
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • healing
  • love
  • friendship
  • identity
  • found family
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance7
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
romance, comedy
Directed by
Audrey Wells
Written by
Audrey Wells
Starring
Diane Lane, Lindsay Duncan, Vincent Riotta, Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Raoul Bova, Sandra Oh, Pawel Szajda, Roberto Nobile
Music
Christophe Beck
Cinematography
Geoffrey Simpson
Runtime
113 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
German, Spanish, French, English, Italian, Polish

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