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| Director: Silvio Soldini
Actors: Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston, Antonio Catania, Marina Massironi
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 13881
Format: Color, Subtitled, Ntsc
Language: English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0767890493
UPC: 043396086968
EAN: 9780767890496
ASIN: B00005Y74B
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: March 26, 2002
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Condition: New! Mint in box. Factory sealed.
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 An enjoyable and touching movie. June 5, 2002
Hoc Stercus (Hudson, NY USA)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm glad I had an opportunity to see this movie. I found it very enjoyable, and also quite touching in many scenes. It is a very pleasant and refreshing alternative to the typical and formulaic movies coming out of Hollywood these days. There are no deafening crashes or explosions. There are few bombastic momements of "high drama." What you end up with is a very nice and touching story about some special human beings you enjoy getting to know.
 Thoughtful and Touching (4.6 on a scale of 1 to 5) January 9, 2004
crazyforgems (Wellesley, MA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The story of "Bread and Tulips" has been told before in the movies and will be told again. A bored, underappreciated housewife escapes her life and finds true love away from the hearth and home. But the movie tells it very well and the actors make you believe in the possibility of life beginning anew. Licia Maglietta plays an Italian wife on holiday with her husband and two boys. When she misses the bus from the petrol stop, her husband gets on the mobile and yells at her. She decides to hitchhike to catch up to them...and then on a whim ends up hitchiking to Venice, where she has never been. And her life begins...in short order, she ends up with a room in the apartment of a kindly waiter with a sad history (he's suicidal when we first meet him), a job with a florist/anarchist, a friend in the form of her neighbor "a holistic masseuse." She blossoms into a beauty throughout the movie as her many gifts (kindness, wit, love) are recognized by those around her. Meanwhile her family misses her working for them-her husband finds out that his mistress is unwilling to iron his shirts-and wants her back. Her husband, too cheap to hire a real detective, insteads sends a prospective employee (a plumber by training) to find her. This portly character, who has read about 200 too many detective novels, injects tremendous humor into the movie.
The movie has many small charms. Though it is shot in Venice, the director only shows typical "beauty" shots in passing. The beauty of the city to the heroine occurs in the small shops and apartments of her newfound life. The acting, particularly of Maglietta, is profound and touching. I would recommend this movie to those who like romances and foreign, art house films. A warning: it is both the ultimate chick flick and in Italian (with English subtitles). That alone may turn off a number of filmgoers. But if you're taste runs to this genre, well then you're in for a treat.
Ah, need I say more? October 3, 2004
Ping Lim (Christchurch)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If viewers are enamoured by "Under the Tuscan Sun", "Thelma & Louise", "Shirley Valentine", this movie is definitely for you. The storyline is formulaic enough, an under-appreciated and clumsy wife who happened to miss her bus on a tour and decided not to return home straight away but ended up in Venice, the city that she had always wanted to go. Originally, it's supposed to be for overnight but overnight was extended into a couple of days and in the end, she gotten herself a job there! She befriended a waitress (the leading male) who provided her with a refuge, a new-age masseur who lived next door. The comic really started when the husband hired a plumber to search for his lost wife and the cat and mouse chase enabled us to have a glimpse of the Venice that we haven't seen before. Being a feel good movie, all ends well. Towards the end, you would understand why this movie is named as such, Bread and Tulips. Highly recommended. A typical Italian movie that celebrates life to the fullest!
FORIEGN FUN August 31, 2005
M. Casello (MINNEAPOLIS, MN USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
THIS WAS THE FUNNEST MOVIE I HAVE SEEN IN LONG TIME. I USUALLY DON'T WATCH FORIEGN FILMS, BUT THIS ONE I ENJOY. I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE.
Bread and Tulips - a Tasty Dish January 30, 2006
S Boerbon Hanson (Minnesota USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A quirky story of a woman in an unsatisfying relationship who takes a vacation from her middle-class family and finds working class love. It's sweet without being syrupy and full of odd characters who add extra fun.
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