Under the Tuscan Sun can be added to a short list of films so quintessential in their ability to portray areas of Italy they've become screen gems - A Room With a View, Death in Venice and Cinema Paradiso are three that pop immediately to mind. Directed by Audrey Wells, it stars Diane Lane as Frances, a recently divorced San Franciscan who builds a new life by buying a crumbling Italian villa while on a bus tour of Tuscany. Suspend reality sure. With the help of a local restate agent, she cobbles together a misfit crew of contractors to help her restore the villa and there, amid the ruins and rain, she finds a new lease on life that includes a new lover, Marcello (Raoul Bova), and the arrival of her best friend Patti (Sandra Oh) with baby in tow. Based on Frances Mayes' novel of the same, Under the Tuscan Sun brims with joy and the truth there is always life after trauma.
My rating 9 out of 10.
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