Pane e Tulipani di Silvio Soldini (It, 2000) Rassegna 10 e Luce

**Presented by film critic Marco Di Stefano**

First title of the series **10 E Luce**, one film per month, to celebrate the **100 Years** since the founding of the **Istituto Luce**
Rosalba, a housewife from Pescara, is left behind at a highway café during a bus trip. She accepts a car ride and ends up in Venice, where she's never been and feels she wants to stay: she meets Fernando, a peculiar waiter of Icelandic origins but a cultured expert in Italian poetry, and moves in with him. She also befriends Grazia, a neighbor who is a beautician and masseuse. Meanwhile, her husband Mimmo sends Costantino, an employee of his with investigative ambitions, to Venice to track down Rosalba. Costantino manages to find her but has met Grazia in the meantime, and the two fall in love. For Rosalba, however, the vacation seems to be over: she is taken back to Pescara by her husband's lover, who is tired of filling the space left vacant by her. But in Pescara, Fernando comes looking for her and declares his love...

**Cast**

Rosalba **Licia Maglietta**
Fernando **Bruno Ganz**
Costantino **Giuseppe Battiston**
Grazia **Marina Massironi**
Mimmo **Antonio Catania**
Fermo **Felice Andreasi**
Adele **Tatiana Lepore**

**Awards**
**David di Donatello 2000**: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Leading Actor (**Bruno Ganz**), Best Leading Actress (**Licia Maglietta**), Best Cinematographer (Tied), Best Supporting Actress (**Marina Massironi**), Best Supporting Actor (**Giuseppe Battiston** – Tied), Best Sound Engineer (**Maurizio Argentieri**)
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