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 | 20.401 |
Directed By
Audrey Wells
Crew
Christophe Beck
Arthur Coburn
Laura Fattori
Stephen McCabe
Audrey Wells
Frances Mayes
Linda Lowy
Geoffrey Simpson
Audrey Wells
Mark Gill
Sandy Kroopf
Tom Sternberg
Béatrice Kruger
Audrey Wells
John Brace
Andrew Marcus
Audrey Wells
Nicoletta Ercole
Ray McIntyre Jr.
Yvonne Valdez
Alberto Mangiante
Scott Millan
Riccardo Neri
Mary Ruth Smith
Clive Winter
Katie DiMento
Kate Bowe
Edoardo Petti
Jon Goldman
Piero Mura
Marvin Walowitz
Bob Beemer
Gary A. Hecker
Alessio Pompei
Erik Paoletti
Oscar Mitt
Mary Beth Smith
John Joseph Thomas
Julie Feiner
Francesco Nardi
Lee Wimer
Barbara Pastrovich
Curt Schulkey
Franco Fumagalli
Aaron Glascock
Greg Steele
Katherine Rose
Gianni Giovagnoni
Brent W. Hall
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)
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