Under the Tuscan Sun

Richmond 2022-03-20 09:02:03

When I was buying a house, I was desperate to buy a suite without a separate kitchen because I didn't want to pay for something I wouldn't use. Although the house I bought later still had a kitchen, I did not have a dining table.

"Under the Tuscan Sun" heroine Frances is a successful writer living in New York, her husband has a new love and filed for divorce. Frances lost her family and house overnight and had to move to a bachelor pad. There are many heartbroken people who face failed love or marriage in this city. Her friend wanted her to travel to relax. Signed her up for a gay tour to Tuscany, Italy.

Frances saw an old big house in the countryside on the way to Tuscany. With a thought, he bought the house with all his savings, lived there and never returned to New York. (Actually, I am more curious about her passport and visa issues.)

The movie "Under the Tuscan Sun" is adapted from the book of the same name by the female author Frances, telling the story of Frances in this house. Here she hides from the past, heals wounds, waits for happiness, and of course she must endure new wounds.

Frances was cleaning her garden when she saw a snake crawling into the house and panicked and called a local friend to help. Her friends searched the rooms and couldn't find the snake. "I don't know why I bought this house, I live here alone," Frances said. I just want to see people getting married here and seeing families living here. There are three bedrooms and a large kitchen, which they may never have used.

Railroads were built in the Alps before train travel was possible because people believed that there would be trains one day, her friend said.

So Frances waited for the train in the big house. Her ideal was still realized, someone got married in that big house, and someone gave birth to their own children there. Although Frances is still single, she believes her love will come.

So, I thought, maybe, I should cram another dining table in my house?

"Under the Tuscan Sun" has a lot of beautiful scenes, and the performance of the actor Diane Lane (she was the one in "A Little Romance" when she was 14 years old) is also good, and I want to see the original film. . But if you want to see the dreamlike inner world in this movie, you will be somewhat disappointed. Perhaps, as the film's closing credits suggest, "the film is based on Frances' book, with characters and plot altered for dramatic effect", the director of the film oscillates between prose-poem and dramatic effect, The end result, in my opinion, is that it falls short of both. The director wasted a good subject matter, and it should have been better if a more personal director made the film.

IMDB score of 6.6 (5520 votes), I give it a 6.

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Under the Tuscan Sun quotes

  • Katherine: Regrets are a waste of time. They're the past crippling you in the present.

  • Frances: Do traffic lights mean anythng around here?

    Marcello: Sure. Green light - avanti, avanti. Yellow light - decoration.

    Frances: What about red light?

    Marcello: Just a suggestion.