Under The Tuscan Sun Page #5

Synopsis: Frances Mayes is a San Francisco-based literature professor, literary reviewer and author, who is struggling in writing her latest book. Her outwardly perfect and stable life takes an unexpected turn when her husband files for divorce. He wants to marry the woman with whom he is having an affair. Frances supported her husband financially as he was writing his own book, and he sues her for alimony despite her financial difficulties. And he wants to keep the house. Frances eventually accepts her best friend Patti's offer of a vacation, a gay tour of Tuscany which Patti and her lesbian partner Grace originally purchased for themselves before Patti found out that she is pregnant. The gift is a means to escape dealing with the divorce, from which Patti feels Frances may never recover emotionally without some intervention. Feeling that Patti's assessment may be correct in that she has too much emotional baggage ever to return to San Francisco, Frances, while in Tuscany, impulsively ditches t
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Audrey Wells
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
PG-13
Year:
2003
113 min
$43,452,354
Website
2,879 Views


exactly what American women

think Italian men say.

I guess.

Thank you.

Marcello, I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm really nervous, you know.

I was married for a long time.

And since then,

there hasn't been anybody.

Would you like to help me

change that?

You are asking me

to sleep with you?

Yes.

Hmm.

That is exactly

the kind of thing

we Italian men think

American women say.

Oh!

Yeah.

You honor me with your offer.

Francesca.

Yes?

I'm going to make love

all over you.

Okay.

Okay.

Ohh!

Yeah.

Mamma mia!

Che bella spalla.

- What is spalla?

- Shoulder.

And what do you call this?

La gola.

La gola.

Mm-hmm.

And this?

Il capezzolo.

Il capezzolo.

Uh-huh.

And this?

Esausto.

Exhausted?

Exhausted.

At least for the next 5 minutes.

Okay.

Okay.

Me too.

It's terrible that you bought

that villa in Cortona.

Why?

Because it's not in Positano,

and I am.

You have to promise

to come back here.

Promise me.

When?

Can you come this weekend?

I think so.

You think so?

Hmm.

You think so?

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Thank you.

Thank you.

# I knew it, I knew it,

I knew it #

Whoo!

I still got it.

I still got it.

I still got it!

Thank God!

Oh, yeah.

Buongiorno.

Buongiorno!

Do I still look sad to you?

No.

Ladybugs, Katherine.

Lots and lots of ladybugs.

Lovely.

When do you see him again?

Tomorrow.

What?

What?

Oh!

Ha!

I would have told you

I was coming,

but you would have

talked me out of flying.

Oh, look at you!

God damn it, Frances.

- I...

- What?

I gotta go pee!

You must be so exhausted.

Oh!

Pbht! See this?

Tell me there's a baby in there.

Mm-hmm.

Big old baby in there.

Right now.

I'm with you.

Oh, jeez.

So, what's it like

having one of these in Cortona?

I hear the town midwife's good.

She puts a knife under the bed

to cut the pain.

Florence is an hour away.

You're gonna deliver this baby

in a hospital gown

designed by Armani.

She ran out on me.

She said she realized she didn't

want to be a mother after all.

Oh, disaster, Frances.

How do you do it?

How do you ever breathe again?

Pretty soon.

God, I missed you.

Marcello, I really

think I'd better stay here.

Oh, I'm sorry.

How about next weekend?

Okay, well how about

the one after that?

No, of course, I understand.

I won't forget you.

I think a lot about you, too.

Okay.

Well, until then.

Bye.

There's something strange

about these trees.

It's like they know.

And they know

that we know that they know.

They're creepy.

Creepy Italian trees.

The baby's gonna like them

'cause it's gonna be

a creepy Italian baby

who goes around saying,

"Ciao, Mamma,"

and doing that backward

hand-wave thing.

Life is strange.

Where were you going

when I arrived?

Nowhere important.

What's he like?

He's a creepy Italian.

- So go see him.

- I will.

I want to spend time

with my creepy American friend.

I refuse to screw up

your love life.

Don't be ridiculous, Patti.

You are my love life.

Frances,

could you come up here, please?

There's hot water

in the toilet bowl.

Oh, my God.

- That's close to boiling.

- Mm-hmm.

They must have crossed

a pipe somewhere.

Oh, this is really bad,

isn't it?

Well, it's not good, unless you

want to give your ass a facial.

That's a contradiction in terms.

I guess it'd be more

of an ass-cial.

Oh, God. Go.

Go, go, go.

I'm sorry, Frances!

He's sorry.

We have nowhere else

to be together.

What does that make me?

Saint Francesca,

patron saint of horny teenagers?

Pawel, you were doing it

in my bed.

I don't even do it in my bed.

Please, Francesca, help us.

My father don't let us see

each other.

Maybe he thinks you're young

and shouldn't be...

It's because I'm Polish.

It will be terrible

if we are not together.

"Assassinate."

Did you say "assassinate"?

Did she say you were going

to assassinate somebody?

No, she misunderstand.

I didn't say...

Amore, I didn't say,

"assassino."

I said, "I'm going to ask Nino"

for money to help us

get married.

- Oh!

- "Ask Nino." Oh!

I didn't understand.

Married?

You barely understand

what the other is saying.

We are in love.

And I go with him this weekend.

To the flag-throwing festival.

I am going to throw the flag.

Throw the flag.

Why?

Because I can do it

as good as any Italian man.

That's why.

And her father will see.

Francesca?

- Francesca?

- My father.

- Francesca.

- Placido, hi.

My daughter says

you are taking her

to the festa in Montepulciano.

This is true?

Just a moment, please.

I told him you're taking me

so he will stay home.

I don't want to lie

to your father.

Come on, Frances.

Who cares?

Frances?

If I am not with her,

I will die of a broken heart.

You won't die.

Isn't he great?

Oh, there he is!

These are straight men.

In tights twirling flags.

- Fantastic!

- Yeah.

Oh, this is it!

He is fantastic!

Fantastico!

Whoo!

- Yay! Bravo!

- Bravo!

Pawel, I love you!

Oh!

Pawel!

Mi scusi. Pawel!

- Oh, oh.

- Easy.

Easy. Easy.

Mi scusi.

I throw the flag.

Si, amore.

They're fine.

Let's go.

What is it about love

that makes us so stupid?

Take the man with the flowers.

Same deal every day.

I mean, enough already.

Why can he just let it go

and get over it?

Francesca, you see my daughter?

She seems so different.

- Really?

- Oh, Chiara is not herself.

Oh.

Maybe do you know

what's bothering her?

Placido, I don't know.

Oh.

Hey, Frances, look.

You can see Bramasole from here.

See?

Thank you.

It's Marcello!

Oh, my God!

- Wait a minute.

- What?

What's he doing?

Don't go!

Where are you going?

Patti!

Marcello!

Marcello!

Marcello! Ah!

Marcello!

Aaah!

Wait!

Marcello!

We tried you on your cell,

but you were in a dead zone.

I cannot believe

you let him leave.

- He said he couldn't wait.

- Couldn't wait?

- Why?

- He was on his way to Arezzo.

He was nearby

and thought he'd take a shot.

He was very disappointed, okay?

You've got a snail in your ear.

Good.

Really?

No!

Get it out!

He left you a note.

Hold still.

He's going north

for a couple of weeks.

Oh, my God.

He had a dream

about me in a white dress.

A white dress?

Holy sh*t!

Damn it, Patti,

why didn't you make him wait?

I mean, come on,

You're a tough dyke.

You could have tied him

to a chair!

You could have

faked labor at least!

I wouldn't have had to fake it.

Ten fingers.

Ten toes.

I commend you

on a classic choice.

What's her name, Mom?

Alexandra.

Alexandra.

In Italian, the literal

translation of "to give birth,"

"dare alla luce,"

is to give to the light.

Alexandra.

Welcome to the light.

All right.

Hi!

Yes! Yes!

Hello, sweetheart.

Alexandra.

Alexandra.

Okay, I can...

Hey, baby.

Oh, you're so cute.

You're so cute.

Oh!

Frances.

We are finished.

Poland.

Dziekuje.

Dziekuje.

Come back soon.

I'll cook for you.

Pawel, you too?

Chiara is waiting!

Patti, you want to

come with me to town?

We could bring the baby.

I have to buy a white dress.

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Audrey Wells

Audrey Wells (born April 29, 1960) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer.Wells was born in San Francisco, California, and worked as a disc jockey at San Francisco jazz radio station KJAZ FM. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley and UCLA. She has written a number of successful screenplays and has directed three for which she had created the script. Among her notable works is The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) and Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), both of which she also produced. Her works to date have been primarily comedies and/or romance films. Her 1999 film Guinevere was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.Wells co-wrote the script for the comedy The Game Plan. more…

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