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Actors: Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston, Antonio Catania, Marina Massironi
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Bread and Tulips |
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BREAD AND TULIPS (Pane e tulipani) is a movie co-written and directed by Silvio Soldini in 1999. This film earned nine Italian Academy awards in 2000.
Rosalba Barletta is on holiday with her family. After a stop, the bus doesn't wait for her and Rosalba is left alone on the highway between Pescara and Rome. She takes the direction home by hitch-hiking and finally decides to stop at Venice, a city she hasn't visited until now. Rosalba is delighted by these few hours spent alone, she phones home on the same evening and tells her husband that she will vacation alone for a few days.
Back in Pescara, Mimmo Barletta, Rosalba's husband, is pissed and hires Costantino, an out of work plumber, to go to Venice and find his wife. Meanwhile, Rosalba finds a job in a flower shop and lives in Fernando Girasoli's flat. Fernando had helped her when she was short of money on her first day in Venice.
Rosalba, who was until now a typical housewife, enjoys these days of liberty and falls in love with Fernando. But Costantino finally finds her and makes her guilty by describing to her the despair of her husband and her sons who, in reality, don't miss her so much.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Bread and Tulips |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Husband
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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