Under The Tuscan Sun Page #5

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
2,595 Views


I made a mistake?

- I don't know. Did you?

- Well, I don't know.

You're the one who made

the "empty-shell person" speech.

Oh, yeah.

That was me.

Okay. Wow!

You bought a villa in Tuscany!

- So, what's the place like?

- It needs a little work.

- Well, who's gonna do it?

- I am.

You are?

I never realized

you were so handy.

I can do things.

Remember, I fixed that drain?

The drain in your kitchen?

No, that was me.

I handed you the rubber thingy.

The plunger?

That was Tom.

I can't believe it.

Why did you just say his name?

I'm sorry.

I forgot. I'm sorry.

I can make this work.

You know?

Of course I didn't mean I was

gonna do all the work myself.

I can hire the descendents

of Roman gods

to do the heavy lifting.

Then, just supervise,

tell them what to do.

So, have you met him yet?

- Who?

- The guy you're gonna meet.

Patti, please.

You know what?

It's starting to rain here

a little bit.

- So I think I have to go now.

- Wait, Fran.

I want you to kiss

the belly for me.

- Fran.

- Bye-bye.

Can you Star-69 Italy?

No.

I'm gonna try.

Hello?

Okay.

One 1,000,

Jesus!

Okay.

Stop it.

Stop it.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

You're gonna be okay.

You're safe here.

Just don't fly around, okay?

You'll freak me out.

Oh, God.

Signora?

Signora Mayes?

Buongiorno.

I see you have survived

the storm.

I'm alive.

But the washing machine is dead.

Yes.

It was electrocuted.

I'm happy to see

that you were not.

You came to check on me?

You're meeting the contractors

today, and I came to help you.

I believe one of them is here.

Here?

Downstairs.

Oh.

Oh, yeah.

He's here.

I was hoping to take

this wall down

and return these two small rooms

into one big room.

Oh, wonderful.

You should have been

an architect.

You have excellent taste.

So, do you think it can be done?

Hidden pipes, a week.

The bathrooms, 3 days.

Signora, give me

the keys of this place,

and in one month, I will give

you the keys to your palace.

Just...

Just leave it to me.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Oh.

Oh!

He says he fixed it himself

many years ago.

Really?

Oh. You want to see

the rest of the house?

Okay.

Yes, yes.

He suggest that

he rebuild the wall.

It is important for the

structure of the garden.

He has a team of experts.

Buongiorno.

Hello, miss.

We are not Italian.

We are from Polonia.

Poland. Oh.

Do you all speak English?

Only me.

And only a little.

I am Pawel.

Oh, Pawel.

Nice to meet you.

Buongiorno.

Jerzy.

Jerzy.

Hello.

Zbignew.

Zbignew.

Frances.

What do you think of Nino?

I know his mother.

If he does a bad job, he's...

Well, then.

Okay. Yes.

Okay. Yes.

Yes, yes.

Okay. Yes.

See, Frances?

No problem.

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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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