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About
Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to piece her life back together in unexpected ways.
Theatrical
Sep 20, 2003
Box Office
$58.9M
Budget
$18.0M
Return
3.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 3, 2004
Theaters
2
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Touchstone Pictures, Timnick Films, Blue Gardenia Productions
Quotes
See all →Unexpected Journeys and New Beginnings
Taglines
The Only Thing More Surprising Than The Chance She's Taking...Is Where It's Taking Her
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Embracing Opportunities in Life
Taglines
Life offers you a thousand chances ... all you have to do is take one.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →D
Diane Lane
Frances
L
Lindsay Duncan
Katherine
V
Vincent Riotta
Martini
G
Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
Chiara
R
Raoul Bova
Marcello
S
Sandra Oh
Patti
P
Pawel Szajda
Pawel
R
Roberto Nobile
Placido
A
Anita Zagaria
Fiorella
E
Evelina Gori
Nona Cardinale
K
Kate Walsh
Grace
V
Valentine Pelka
Jerzy
S
Saša Vulićević
Zbignew
C
Claudia Gerini
Signora Raguzzi
M
Mario Monicelli
Old Man with Flowers
M
Massimo Sarchielli
Nino
G
Geoffrey Rivas
Head Mover
S
Sean Kaplan
Seat Mate
N
Nuccio Siano
Gianni
D
David Sutcliffe
Ed
