Bread and Tulips

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Bread and Tulips
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Directed by Silvio Soldini
Written by Doriana Leondeff
Silvio Soldini
Produced by Daniele Maggioni
Starring Licia Maglietta
Bruno Ganz
Giuseppe Battiston
Antonio Catania
Marina Massironi
Cinematography Luca Bigazzi
Edited by Carlotta Cristiani
Music by Giovanni Venosta
Release dates
3 March 2000 (Italy)
27 July 2001 (New York City)
Running time
114 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian
Box office$8,478,434 (INT) [1]

Bread and Tulips (Italian : Pane e Tulipani) is a 2000 romance comedy film directed by Italian Director Silvio Soldini. The movie stars Licia Maglietta and Bruno Ganz as Rosalba Barletta and Fernando Girasole. The film was an official selection at numerous film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. [2]

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Plot

Rosalba Barletta, a Neapolitan-born housewife from Pescara, finds herself stranded during a family vacation. Instead of waiting for her controlling and unfaithful husband, she hitchhikes her way home, only to impulsively detour to Venice. In the lagoon city, the woman, who soon runs out of money, finds accommodations with a restaurant maître d'hôtel, Fernando Girasole, an elderly man from Iceland who speaks a refined and literary Italian. Rosalba finds herself enjoying her new life: she strikes up an affectionate friendship with the holistic masseuse Grazia, Fernando's neighbour, and finds a job at a small flower shop run by Fermo, an elderly and ill-tempered anarchist who is won over by the woman's polite ways.

Meanwhile, her husband sent Costantino, a bumbling plumber who has come for the interview to his company, as a private detective to find her. Rosalba is increasingly attracted by the delicate, romantic and mysterious personality of the discreet waiter, and a relationship of small daily gestures develops between them. On the other hand, during his search Costantino meets Grazia and instantly falls in love with her. He calls Rosalba's husband and quits his detective job, claiming that he no longer intends to look for his wife.

However, Rosalba is eventually joined by her husband's lover, a family friend, who induces her to return home, making her believe that her son has taken to drugs during her absence. She abandons her Venice life to return to her parental duties and daily routine, finding that nothing has changed at all and her son is not really in danger.

Left in Venice all by himself, Fernando borrows Fermo's van to undertake a journey to Pescara, where he finally declares his love to Rosalba. The woman thus returns to Venice for good with her youngest son.

Cast

Music

Box office

The film was released on July 27, 2001 and grossed $32,933 in the opening weekend. It went on to gross $5,318,679 in the American market and $3,159,755 from the overseas market for a worldwide total of $8,478,434. [1]

Awards

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References

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  2. https://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/35237/Bread+and+Tulips.html?dataSet=1 Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine "Bread and Tulips", Variety