Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Overview
After a rough divorce, Frances, a 35-year-old professor and writer 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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $18,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $58,878,723.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 17.763 |
Directed By
Audrey Wells
Crew
Audrey Wells
Frances Mayes
Audrey Wells
Laura Fattori
Sandy Kroopf
Tom Sternberg
Audrey Wells
Christophe Beck
Geoffrey Simpson
Arthur Coburn
Andrew Marcus
Mark Gill
John Brace
Béatrice Kruger
Linda Lowy
Stephen McCabe
Audrey Wells
Nicoletta Ercole
Ray McIntyre Jr.
Edoardo Petti
Jon Goldman
Katie DiMento
Riccardo Neri
Alberto Mangiante
Barbara Pastrovich
Erik Paoletti
Kate Bowe
Yvonne Valdez
Brent W. Hall
Aaron Glascock
Curt Schulkey
Marvin Walowitz
Scott Millan
Bob Beemer
John Joseph Thomas
Julie Feiner
Piero Mura
Mary Ruth Smith
Oscar Mitt
Gary A. Hecker
Katherine Rose
Clive Winter
Greg Steele
Gianni Giovagnoni
Franco Fumagalli
Francesco Nardi
Alessio Pompei
Mary Beth Smith
Lee Wimer
TOP CAST
Diane Lane
Frances
Sandra Oh
Patti
Vincent Riotta
Martini
Lindsay Duncan
Katherine
Raoul Bova
Marcello
Pawel Szajda
Pawel
Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
Chiara
Roberto Nobile
Placido
Anita Zagaria
Fiorella
Evelina Gori
Nona Cardinale
Kate Walsh
Grace
Valentine Pelka
Jerzy
Saša Vulićević
Zbignew
Claudia Gerini
Signora Raguzzi
Mario Monicelli
Old Man with Flowers
Massimo Sarchielli
Nino
Geoffrey Rivas
Head Mover
Sean Kaplan
Seat Mate
Nuccio Siano
Gianni
Laura Pestellini
Contessa
Emiliano Novelli
Positano Policeman
Marit Nissen
German Woman
Ralph Palka
German Man
Kristoffer Ryan Winters
David Tour Guide
Jeffery Jones
Gay Tourist
Vittorio Pecchillo
Gay Tourist
Don McManus
Nasty Man
Elden Henson
Author
Jack Kehler
Apartment Manager
Jeffrey Tambor
Lawyer (uncredited)
Matt Salinger
Colleague
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