Under the Tuscan Sun

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Plot summary

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Francisco writer Frances (Diane Lane), is offered a free trip to Tuscany after a painful divorce. Once there, she impulsively buys a villa, and proceeds to fix it up. You expect her to fall in love in the first ten minutes of the film, but nothing works out (married, cheating...).

While she's trying to fix her love life, there are many different situations around her. A young polish construction worker falls in love with Frances' young neighbour, but the girl's parents forbid their relationship. Frances' lesbian friends are having a baby, and on partner walks out on the other, leaving the woman stranded, and pregnant. Helen (the single-mother to-be), then moves in with Frances for a place to stay, at least until the baby is born.

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Continuity mistake: Frances finds and takes home a kitten when she first meets Marcello. Months later, when Marcello comes to the house to visit Frances, the kitten has not grown a bit.

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German Woman: You greedy Americans. You think you're so entitled. You ruin everything.
Frances: A lot of us feel really badly about that.

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Trivia: The old man who carries flowers to the Virgin is Mario Monicelli, probably one of the best Italian film directors.

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Question: Is there a reason why we do not ever see the face of Katherine's boy-toy "Zeus"? Is the salary lower for actors whose face is not shown?

Answer: Zeus' face is not shown because the directors want to leave him to our imagination. Without knowing, he can be whomever we want him to be. This increases the credibility of her character as well since she is spontaneous and a free spirit with no "real" attachments. He is just like her - attainable physically, but not emotionally.

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