Under the Tuscan sun
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Under the Tuscan sun |
| Original title | Under the Tuscan Sun |
| Country of production | USA , Italy |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Audrey Wells |
| script | Audrey Wells |
| production | Audrey Wells, Tom Sternberg |
| music | Christophe Beck |
| camera | Geoffrey Simpson |
| cut |
Arthur Coburn , Andrew Marcus , Todd E. Miller |
| occupation | |
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Under the Tuscan Sun (Original title: Under the Tuscan Sun ) is a US-American - Italian love story of the director Audrey Wells in 2003. The film is based on the eponymous autobiography of Frances Mayes . The German premiere was on April 15, 2004.
action
Frances Mayes lives as a writer in San Francisco. At a party, she learns that her husband has cheated on her. She is getting a divorce, which makes her depressed and causes writer's block. Her best friend Patti, a lesbian, is pregnant and also believes Frances will not recover from the low blows. Patti invites Frances on a trip to Tuscany that she cannot take because of her pregnancy. At first Frances is skeptical, but in her lonely apartment, Frances likes the idea of leaving everything behind for a while.
After arriving in Tuscany, Frances reads an advertisement about an empty villa, Casa Bramasole. On a bus tour, the bus has to stop to let a flock of sheep pass. Frances notices that they are pulling out of the ad just outside the villa. For Frances this is a sign. She gets off the bus and tries to buy the villa, which she succeeds. She hires some Polish emigrants to renovate the house. She makes friends with the Italian neighbors and the Polish workers, as well as with the seller of the villa and with Katherine, an eccentric elderly lady.
Later, Frances takes in her friend Patti, who has been abandoned by her partner. A romance with the Italian Marcello fails, so that Frances no longer believes in a love affair. But at a wedding that she is hosting for a couple in her villa, she meets an American writer. The film ends with the prospect of a new happy love for Frances.
background
- The film is Audrey Wells' second directorial work.
- Before joining the film industry, sound engineer Kira Roessler was the bass player for the US hardcore band Black Flag .
- The film budget was 18 million dollars . By 2004, the film grossed $ 60.2 million worldwide.
- The Polish workers were supposed to be portrayed by Polish extras, but this failed because of the work permit for the actors, which the Italian authorities did not want to issue.
Reviews
The film received positive ratings from 62% of Rotten Tomatoes' reviewers. In the audience rating, an agreement of 78% was determined. For the film service , Unter der Sonne der Toskana was a “wooden love drama that peddles postcard clichés and stale wisdom. The sketchily developed characters do not allow any real interest in the story. ”The TV magazine Prisma called the film“ a Schmalz story in which the Courths-Mahler moments predominate ”, and went on to explain:“ Kitsch-as-Kitsch-can with beautiful landscapes, beautiful people and lying problems. Even the acceptable performance of the leading actress is of little use. "
Awards
Diane Lane was nominated for the 2003 Satellite Award for Best Actress - Comedy / Musical and 2004 for the Golden Globe for Best Actress - Comedy or Musical .
The film was awarded in 2004 for the Excellence in Production Design Award (category "Contemporary Film") of the Art Directors Guild and for the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Award (category "Best Contemporary Hair Styling") of the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild nominated. In the same year it was also nominated for the GLAAD Media Award in the category “Outstanding Film - Wide Release”.
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".
literature
- Frances Mayes: Under the Tuscan Sun - The book for the film . Goldmann, 2004, ISBN 3-442-45811-0 .
Web links
- Under the Tuscan Sun in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Under the Tuscan Sun at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ release document for Under the Tuscan Sun . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2004 (PDF; test number: 96 628 V / DVD).
- ↑ age rating for Under the Tuscan Sun . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ See imdb.com
- ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/under_the_tuscan_sun
- ↑ Under the Tuscan sun. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 1, 2017 .
- ↑ See prisma.de
- ↑ a b c List of awards in the IMDb