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Bread and Tulips

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Bread and Tulips
Bread and Tulips poster
Directed bySilvio Soldini
Written byDoriana Leondeff
Silvio Soldini
Produced byDaniele Maggioni
StarringLicia Maglietta
Bruno Ganz
Giuseppe Battiston
Antonio Catania
Marina Massironi
CinematographyLuca Bigazzi
Edited byCarlotta Cristiani
Music byGiovanni Venosta
Release date
  • March 3, 2000 (2000-03-03) (Italy)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Box office$19 million

Bread and Tulips (Italian: Pane e Tulipani) is a 2000 romance comedy film directed by Italian film 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.[1]

Plot

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Rosalba Barletta, a Neapolitan-born housewife from Pescara, Italy, 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

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Music

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Box office

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The film was released on 3 March 2000 in Italy. Despite not showing on more than 150 screens in the country, it stayed in the top 10 for over 17 weeks and grossed over $9 million.[2] It opened in one theatre on 27 July 2001 in the United States and grossed $32,933 in its opening weekend. It went on to gross $5,318,679 in the United States and Canada. It grossed $3.8 million in Germany and $387,799 in Australia[3] for a worldwide total in excess of $19 million.

Awards

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  • 5 Nastro d'Argento: Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
  • 9 David di Donatello: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best sound, Best supporting actor (Giuseppe Battiston) and Best supporting actress (Marina Massironi).

References

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  1. ^ "Bread and Tulips". Variety. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22.
  2. ^ Senjanovic, Natasha (June 30, 2000). "Gladiator rules in Italy". Screen International. p. 23.
  3. ^ "Bread and Tulips".
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