Bread and Tulips Movie Review 2001

Sweet Rosalba (Maglietta) is a much-neglected wife and mother who is accidentally left behind at a rest stop while the family is on vacation. Impulsively, Rosalba doesn't go home but hitches a ride to Venice, a city she has always longed to see. Although, she dutifully lets her husband Mimmo (Catania) know where she is, she delays her return, is befriened by waiter Fernando (Ganz), and finds a job working for a florist. Rosalba's idyll doesn't last as her loyalties pull her back to her old life but events don't work out as expected. Italian with subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from Italian, Swiss.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Venice, Family Ties, Marriage, Only the Lonely, Vacations, Adultery

Screenplay

Silvio Soldini, Doriana Leondeff

Cast

Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Marina Massironi, Guiseppe Battiston, Antonio Catania, Felice Andreasi, Vitalba Andrea

Cinematography

Luca Bigazzi

Director

Silvio Soldini

Music

Giovanni Venosta

Other

Maurizio Argentieri, Carlotta Cristiani, Silvia Nebiolo, Paola Brizzarri

Producer

Daniele Maggioni, RAI, Monogatari SRL, Instituto Luce, First Look Pictures