Bread and Tulips (2000)

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114 min - Comedy | Romance - 3 March 2000 (Italy)

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Ratings: 7.3/10 from 5,604 users Metascore: 68/100
Reviews: 94 user | 51 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com

After being forgotten in a highway café during a bus trip, a housewife decides to start a new life by herself in Venice.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Licia Maglietta	...	Rosalba Barletta
	Bruno Ganz	...	Fernando Girasole
	Giuseppe Battiston	...	Costantino Caponangeli
	Antonio Catania	...	Mimmo Barletta
	Marina Massironi	...	Grazia
	Felice Andreasi	...	Fermo
	Vitalba Andrea	...	Ketty
	Tatiana Lepore	...	Adele
	Daniela Piperno	...	Woman in Car
	Tiziano Cucchiarelli	...	Nic
	Matteo Febo	...	Salvo
	Lina Bernardi	...	Nancy
	Mauro Marino	...	Lello
	Antonia Miccoli	...	Sami
	Ludovico Paladin	...	Eliseo

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Storyline

Life is often just "for sake of" and we need to know about it and want to benefit when we are presented with the occasion to. A bit for "sake of", a bit for choice, Rosalba, young and apart from anything a housewife of Pescara, during a bus trip after she found herself alone and...forgotten in a highway café, decides not to wait for her husband and sons to come back to pick her up but instead decides to find her own way home. She is a little offended that she has been forgotten by her family and has been told by her husband to stay put so, rebelling a little she finds herself hitch-hiking direct for Venice. Her adventure in Venice begins meeting strange but fascinating people. Fermo; an anarchistic florist, Grazia; a masseuse and Fernando; a waiter from Iceland that speaks a his own language of Italian. Written by <caitlin_leroy@hotmail.com>

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A day trip just to get away is the starting point of a new life. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for brief language, some sensuality and drug references See all certifications »

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Country:

Italy | Switzerland

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

3 March 2000 (Italy) See more »

Also Known As:

Pan y tulipanes See more »

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$32,933 (USA) (29 July 2001) (1 Screen)

Gross:

$5,311,177 (USA) (24 February 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Istituto Luce, Rai Cinemafiction, Amka Films Productions See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min | Brazil: 112 min | Colombia: 118 min

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Dolby Digital | DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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The poem that Fernando recites is "Orlando Furioso" by Ludovico Ariosto. See more »

Bread and Tulips (2000)
Pane e tulipani (original title)

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