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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| Licia Maglietta | ... | Rosalba Barletta | |
| Bruno Ganz | ... | Fernando Girasole | |
| Giuseppe Battiston | ... | Costantino Caponangeli | |
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Antonio Catania | ... | Mimmo Barletta |
| Marina Massironi | ... | Grazia | |
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Felice Andreasi | ... | Fermo |
| Vitalba Andrea | ... | Ketty | |
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Tatiana Lepore | ... | Adele |
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Daniela Piperno | ... | Woman in Car |
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Tiziano Cucchiarelli | ... | Nic |
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Matteo Febo | ... | Salvo |
| Lina Bernardi | ... | Nancy | |
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Mauro Marino | ... | Lello |
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Antonia Miccoli | ... | Sami |
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Ludovico Paladin | ... | Eliseo |
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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 his own language of Italian. Written by <caitlin_leroy@hotmail.com>
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ItalianRelease Date:
2 November 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$32,933, 29 July 2001, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$5,311,177, 24 February 2002Company Credits
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Nic: Who told you that?
Rosalba Barletta: Aunt Ketty.
Nic: Mom, that's not true. Weed is not a drug.
Rosalba Barletta: No? Then what is it?
Nic: Weed.
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The Battle of Caporetto was a major battle (24 October-19 November 1917) in the First World War, where the German and Austro-Hungarian armies broke through the Italian lines inflicting a major defeat upon the Italian army. See more »Quotes
Rosalba Barletta: Is it true that you're on drugs?Nic: Who told you that?
Rosalba Barletta: Aunt Ketty.
Nic: Mom, that's not true. Weed is not a drug.
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Nic: Weed.
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Pane e tulipani or Bread and Tulips is a wonderful Italian movie. The story is told in a way only a European can, you would never find such a movie in Hollywood. There are no special effects, no gadgets, no fast cars, ... nothing you would probably find in it if this was a Hollywood production. The characters are the real stars in this movie, together with all the streets and canals of Venice.
It's about a middle aged, neglected housewife and mother who is left behind by her family on a bus trip. Her family doesn't even notice she's missing until two hours later. She decides to hitch-hike home and she meets different people. To one of them she says that she has never been to Venice, but that she really would like to see it. The man suggests to bring her to Venice instead of driving her home and so her adventure begins. She meets some interesting people and in one way or another she always influences their lives. But not only their lives change, her life is influenced by it as well.
I guess this must sound incredibly boring to some people, but it really isn't. I enjoyed the movie - which can be seen as a modern fairy tale or as a real story - a lot. I guess it all depends from the viewer. Do you believe finding real love, when it's not supposed to happen to you, could actually happen? Personally I do, but I'm a real optimist, so perhaps that's why I liked it so much. It might also be because it gives a very optimistic view towards life.
I guess the real strength of this movie lies in the fact that even after the movie has ended, you are still thinking about it. The story is simple, very universal, but also subtle and deep.
I could talk for hours about this movie, but I guess you'll have to see it for yourself. My advice to everybody, but especially to the people who love Italy as much as I do: Sit down, relax and enjoy. I give it a 8.5/10.