Under The Tuscan Sun Page #12

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
2,580 Views


- Francesca.

- Placido, hi.

My daughter says

you are taking her

to the festa in Montepulciano.

This is true?

Just a moment, please.

I told him you're taking me

so he will stay home.

I don't want to lie

to your father.

Come on, Frances.

Who cares?

Frances?

If I am not with her,

I will die of a broken heart.

You won't die.

Isn't he great?

Oh, there he is!

These are straight men.

In tights twirling flags.

- Fantastic!

- Yeah.

Oh, this is it!

He is fantastic!

Fantastico!

Whoo!

- Yay! Bravo!

- Bravo!

Pawel, I love you!

Oh!

Pawel!

Mi scusi. Pawel!

- Oh, oh.

- Easy.

Easy. Easy.

Mi scusi.

I throw the flag.

Si, amore.

They're fine.

Let's go.

What is it about love

that makes us so stupid?

Take the man with the flowers.

Same deal every day.

I mean, enough already.

Why can he just let it go

and get over it?

Francesca, you see my daughter?

She seems so different.

- Really?

- Oh, Chiara is not herself.

Oh.

Maybe do you know

what's bothering her?

Placido, I don't know.

Oh.

Hey, Frances, look.

You can see Bramasole from here.

See?

Thank you.

It's Marcello!

Oh, my God!

- Wait a minute.

- What?

What's he doing?

Don't go!

Where are you going?

Patti!

Marcello!

Marcello!

Marcello! Ah!

Marcello!

Aaah!

Wait!

Marcello!

We tried you on your cell,

but you were in a dead zone.

I cannot believe

you let him leave.

- He said he couldn't wait.

- Couldn't wait?

- Why?

- He was on his way to Arezzo.

He was nearby

and thought he'd take a shot.

He was very disappointed, okay?

You've got a snail in your ear.

Good.

Really?

No!

Get it out!

He left you a note.

Hold still.

He's going north

for a couple of weeks.

Oh, my God.

He had a dream

about me in a white dress.

A white dress?

Holy sh*t!

Damn it, Patti,

why didn't you make him wait?

I mean, come on,

You're a tough dyke.

You could have tied him

to a chair!

You could have

faked labor at least!

I wouldn't have had to fake it.

Ten fingers.

Ten toes.

I commend you

on a classic choice.

What's her name, Mom?

Alexandra.

Alexandra.

In Italian, the literal

translation of "to give birth,"

"dare alla luce,"

is to give to the light.

Alexandra.

Welcome to the light.

All right.

Hi!

Yes! Yes!

Hello, sweetheart.

Alexandra.

Alexandra.

Okay, I can...

Hey, baby.

Oh, you're so cute.

You're so cute.

Oh!

Frances.

We are finished.

Poland.

Dziekuje.

Dziekuje.

Come back soon.

I'll cook for you.

Pawel, you too?

Chiara is waiting!

Patti, you want to

come with me to town?

We could bring the baby.

I have to buy a white dress.

Excuse me.

- Could you give me a lift?

- With pleasure.

Grazie.

Grazie.

I could wait and take you back.

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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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