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Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to piece her life back together in unexpected ways.
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Contemporary, classical in form, effortless and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Diane LaneFrances
- Lindsay DuncanKatherine
- Vincent RiottaMartini
- Giulia Louise SteigerwaltChiara
- Raoul BovaMarcello
- Sandra OhPatti
- Pawel SzajdaPawel
- Roberto NobilePlacido
- Anita ZagariaFiorella
- Evelina GoriNona Cardinale
Crew
- Audrey WellsDirector
- Audrey WellsScreenplay
- Frances MayesNovel
- Geoffrey SimpsonDirector of Photography
- Christophe BeckOriginal Music Composer
- Arthur CoburnEditor
- Andrew MarcusEditor
- Tom SternbergProducer
- Audrey WellsProducer
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