Pane e tulipani

Year: 2000
Country: Switzerland, Italy
Director: Silvio Soldini
Cast: Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston
Genre: comedy, romance
Runtime: 114 min.
Age: 16+

Life is often just "for sake of" and we need to know about it and want to benefit when we are presented with the occasion to. A bit for "sake of", a bit for choice, Rosalba, young and apart from anything a housewife of Pescara, during a bus trip after she found herself alone and...forgotten in a highway café, decides not to wait for her husband and sons to come back to pick her up but instead decides to find her own way home.

Life is often just "for sake of" and we need to know about it and want to benefit when we are presented with the occasion to. A bit for "sake of", a bit for choice, Rosalba, young and apart from anything a housewife of Pescara, during a bus trip after she found herself alone and...forgotten in a highway café, decides not to wait for her husband and sons to come back to pick her up but instead decides to find her own way home. She is a little offended that she has been forgotten by her family and has been told by her husband to stay put so, rebelling a little she finds herself hitch-hiking direct for Venice. Her adventure in Venice begins meeting strange but fascinating people. Fermo; an anarchistic florist, Grazia; a masseuse and Fernando; a waiter from Iceland that speaks his own language of Italian.

Awards & Festivals:

David di Dontello Award – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound
Italian Golden Globe Award – Best Breakthrough Actress
Italian Syndicate of Film Journalists Award – Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay
Swiss Film Prize – Best Actor
European Film Award Nomination – Best European Film, Best European Actor, Best European Screenplay