Drama - Director: Audrey Wells - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova more
star in her 30s, andUnder the Tuscan Sunmarks her full flowering. After a brutal divorce, Frances (Lane) is persuaded by her friend Patti (Sandra Oh) to take a to...
star in her 30s, andUnder the Tuscan Sunmarks her full flowering. After a brutal divorce, Frances (Lane) is persuaded by her friend Patti (Sandra Oh) to take a to...
Under The Tuscan Sun DVD
Life offers you a thousand chances: all you have to do is take one... San Francisco ... more
writer Frances Mayes (Lane) heads to Italy after a good friend offers her a special gift - ten days in Tuscany. Once there she is captivated by its beauty and warmth ...
selected original 35mm film from Under The Tuscan Sun. The collection has a black mount with black frame, an individually numbered plaque and certificate of authenticity.
Under The Tuscan Sun
From the studio that brought you Sweet Home Alabama comes UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN, the ... more
extraordinary romantic comedy starring Academy Award nominee Diane Lane (Unfaithful, The Perfect Storm), Raoul Bova and Sandra Oh. San Francisco writer Frances Mayes (Lane) is in a real mess when a good friend offers her ten days in Tuscany. Not wanting to go, Frances summons all her courage and packs her bags. Once in Tuscany, she impulsively buys a run-down villa, plunging herself into a life-changing adventure filled with unexpected surprises, friendship and romance. Beautifully filmed in Italy's incredible Tuscany and featuring a dazzling cast - you'll fall in love withUNDER THE TUSCAN SUN.
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A review by kingfisher111 on Under The Tuscan Sun (DVD) August 27th, 2009
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Liked it
Story
Good
Characters / Performances
Good
Special Effects
Standard
How does it compare to similar films?
Good
Advantages:
easy watchable film
Disadvantages:
none
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
Under the Tuscan Sun is and enjoyable film about a recently divorced woman who ups sticks and moves to the Italian area of Tuscany. It is based on the book of the same name by Frances Mayes and is actually a true story.
At the start of the film, Frances, a writer is living in San Francisco. She thinks everything is well in her life until she suddenly discovers that her husband (who we never meet) is having an affair and before long she is in the middle of an acrimonious divorce. Her good friend Patti offers her a ticket for a trip to Tuscany because she cannot go (incidentally it is a trip for gay couples!) and Frances takes her up on the offer. Whilst she is there, she falls in love with the area, and without really intending to she finds herself buying a very run down house and staying.
At first she is both daunted and lonely and wonders why she has bought such a big house when it is only her. However, a good friend tells her about the train track that was built through the Alps years before there ever being a train that could make the journey. This gives her the optimism to stay and soon she is cooking for the builders making a few new friends and there is even the potential of a new love life.
It's a very engaging film as we see how Frances develops and grows and ultimately become happy with the person she is. This film is very much about a journey and not just the physical journey from the US to Italy but her own emotional journey too. Frances is played by Diane Lane who really does a superb job at portraying that personal growth and fulfilment. There were not many other names I had heard of about from Lindsay Duncan who plays a very enigmatic character called Katherine who has a tendency for dressing very dramatically and even dancing in fountains. Sandra Oh plays Patti, Frances' friend who eventually comes to live in the house with her baby.
There is an excellent supporting cast too who play a wide array of strange and colourful characters including some Polish builders, the family next door and some potential lovers for Frances. Many of these have their own small storyline all of which contribute to the overall enjoyment of the film. It's quite a gentle story that moves along at a leisurely pace against a wonderful backdrop of Italian scenery and soothing music. It does not take long to start to become absorbed in Frances' life and to start to be firmly on her side. There are some funny moments as well as some quite poignant ones too. Overall it is what I would call a sad funny film. I did enjoy watching it very much although having said that it is not the sort of film I would want to watch over and over again.
I did have a look at the few DVD extras that come with it. Tuscany 101 shows the thought that went into certain scenes and that is quite interesting. Diane Lane , Frances Mayes and the director Audrey Wells all contribute to this. Apart from that there are only some deleted scenes and an audio commentary.
Advantages: Amazing film that anyone would love to own Disadvantages: That there are not more like this
...of the Frances Mayes book Under the Tuscan Sun, is a beautiful film of comedy, drama and romance. It is a film that fills you with hope and inspires you to take on lifes challenges and if ever in doubt laugh. Main Cast
Francis Mayes - Diane Lane
Sandra Oh - Patti Lindsay Duncan - katherine Raoul Bova - Marcello Vincent Riotta - Martini
Robert Nobile - Placido Kate Walsh - Grace Pawel Szajda - Pawel Valentine Pelka - Jerzy
Sasa Vulicevic ... ...Awards
Under the Tuscan Sun was nominated for the following awards ...
Excellence in production Design Award 2004
GLAAD Media AWard 2004
Golden Globe 2004
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award 2004
Golden Satellite Award 2004
There are no doubts that all these awards were justified and in my personal opinion they shoudl not just have been nominees but winners.
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Runtime = 113 minutes
Languages = English, ...
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Plot: In this acclaimed feel-good romantic drama based on the memoirs of Frances Mayes, Academy Award nominee, Diane Lane, plays Frances, the West-Coast American writer battling against writers block and depression after her marriage breaks down. Her impulsive purchase of a dilapidated villa in Tuscany evolves into a major renovation project and during the course of a year of construction she meets many new people and is accepted by the locals as part of the community. Far away from the rat race of American city life, basking here in under the Tuscan sun, she finds it a wonder that anyone would need romance at all - that's until she meets Marcello.
DVD Description
Who hasn't dreamed at least once of running off to a foreign country and starting a new life
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date: 20/09/2004
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: BED 881292
Barcode: 5017188812924
Languages
Main Language: English
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