Bread & Tulips
Closed CaptioningSilvio Soldini
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Plot Summary
Silvio Soldino directs this gentle comedy about a housewife who temporarily flees from the grinding tedium of her household duties and drifts into a world of amicable weirdos. When Rosalba (Licia Maglietta) is accidentally forgotten by her tour bus at a roadside restaurant, she does not wait there as instructed. She decides to hitchhike home, but on a whim, she ends up in Venice instead. Quietly exhilarated at the prospect of being alone for a spell, she checks into an inn run by a kindly yet eccentric Icelander (Bruno Ganz). Her plans to return the next day are thwarted when she misses her train and does not have enough money to buy another ticket. Soon she is gainfully employed at a flower shop run by an irascible old anarchist. Though her teenaged sons do not seem all that bothered by their mom's absence, Rosalba's husband grows increasing agitated at the interruption in his routine, so he hires a bumbling detective to track her down.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
71%- Reviews Counted: 62
- Fresh: 44
- Rotten: 18
- Average Rating: 6.3/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: It's Maglietta's loveliness of spirit that grounds this strange movie.
Fresh: A charming comedy with enough surprises to counter its lightness.
Fresh: Although Maglietta's appealing as Rosalba, cowriter and director Silvio Scoldini's movie is a little too shopworn and pokey to be more than a respectable European diversion.
Rotten: Soldini ... exploits the premise for schmaltz and easy laughs.
Customer Reviews
Sweet
I often go back to this movie. I love it that much!
Great movie !!!!
For the familiar with European cinematography ,GREAT MOVIE !!!!
About love and friend ship and family .
The movie is sweet ,funny ,shows well the average life of middle class Italian family .
Feel Good film
Great Italian movie! You should branch out and try it!
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