Under the Tuscan Sun
Film2003113 min

Under the Tuscan Sun

Taste attributes: comedyromancedramawholesomelightsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthhuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers all

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"Life offers you a thousand chances ... all you have to do is take one."

Boxlist takeA stirring, light romantic comedy, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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What lines up

  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

After a rough divorce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the villa and finds that life sometimes has unexpected ways of giving her everything she wanted.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

complex relationshipempowerment/personal growthhuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers all

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Diane LaneSandra OhLindsay DuncanRaoul BovaVincent Riotta

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
2003
Runtime
113 min
Status
Released
Studio
Blue Gardenia Productions
Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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