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Synopsis: Frances Mayes is a San Francisco-based literature professor, literary reviewer and author, who is struggling in writing her latest book. Her outwardly perfect and stable life takes an unexpected turn when her husband files for divorce. He wants to marry the woman with whom he is having an affair. Frances supported her husband financially as he was writing his own book, and he sues her for alimony despite her financial difficulties. And he wants to keep the house. Frances eventually accepts her best friend Patti's offer of a vacation, a gay tour of Tuscany which Patti and her lesbian partner Grace originally purchased for themselves before Patti found out that she is pregnant. The gift is a means to escape dealing with the divorce, from which Patti feels Frances may never recover emotionally without some intervention. Feeling that Patti's assessment may be correct in that she has too much emotional baggage ever to return to San Francisco, Frances, while in Tuscany, impulsively ditches t
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Audrey Wells
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
PG-13
Year:
2003
113 min
$43,452,354
Website
2,492 Views


Oh.

This is amazing.

Really generous.

Thank you, but no.

How can you say no to Tuscany?

No.

Like that.

That's your depression speaking.

It doesn't speak Italian.

It speaks high-school French.

Besides,

I'm not depressed anymore.

Then what are you still doing

living with those losers?

- Those are my people.

- That's not a place you live.

Guys, come on.

Thank you so much.

But there is no way I can go

on a romantic tour of Tuscany.

- I'm not ready to meet anyone.

- You won't.

- We can assure you.

- Oh?

It's a gay tour

of romantic Tuscany.

So it would be

very relaxing for you.

You know, mostly couples.

No one would be there

to hit on you.

And you could concentrate and

listen to your own inner voice.

My inner voice?

My inner voice

that would be saying,

"What am I doing

on a gay tour of Tuscany?"

Frances, it's Italy!

Italy.

Plus, you could use it

as a time to start writing.

Well, I'm busy. I have to

review all those books.

Instead of working

on your own book.

Wow.

Are you being mean

or just hormonal?

Okay. Don't kill each other

until I get back.

Can we please just talk

about the baby?

I think you're in danger.

Of?

Of never recovering.

You know when you come across

one of those empty-shell people?

And you think,

"What the hell happened to you?"

Well, there came a time

in each one of those lives

where they were at a crossroads.

Crossroads.

God, that is so "Oprah."

Someplace where they had to

decide to turn left or right.

This is no time to be

a chickenshit, Frances.

I'm not being a chickenshit.

I'm not.

Okay, promise me

you'll think about it.

I'll think about it.

Okay.

I got a feeling about you.

- Are you looking for a place?

- Yeah, I guess.

- You getting a divorce?

- What?

We got short-term apartments.

But don't worry.

Some stay for years.

We got a writer.

We got a doctor.

The doctor could help you

straighten out your life.

Hey!

Sorry.

It's okay.

- Do you want to come over?

- No!

Maybe later.

Maybe later.

Oh!

Hello?

Patti, when do I leave?

Hi, I'm David.

This is your driver, Eduardo.

And you are "Gay & Away"!

And welcome to your first day

of a romantic tour of Tuscany.

Now, I saw most of you getting

to know each other on the plane.

But I wanted to make sure

you've all met Frances.

Hey, Frances.

- Now, Frances is straight.

- Oh, poor girl.

And she just survived

a terrible divorce.

And according to her friend

Patti, she needs our support.

So, Frances, why don't you stand

up, and let everyone say hello?

No.

Come on.

Hi!

You're the bachelor, Frances.

Have some fun!

Okay, everyone,

follow the flower.

Good God, I cannot believe

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Audrey Wells

Audrey Wells (born April 29, 1960) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer.Wells was born in San Francisco, California, and worked as a disc jockey at San Francisco jazz radio station KJAZ FM. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley and UCLA. She has written a number of successful screenplays and has directed three for which she had created the script. Among her notable works is The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) and Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), both of which she also produced. Her works to date have been primarily comedies and/or romance films. Her 1999 film Guinevere was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.Wells co-wrote the script for the comedy The Game Plan. more…

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