Under the Tuscan Sun
Life offers you a thousand chances ... all you have to do is take one.
2003 | 113m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Audrey Wells |
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| Writer: | Audrey Wells, Frances Mayes |
| Staring: |
| After a rough divorce, Frances, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the villa and finds that life sometimes has unexpected ways of giving her everything she wanted. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 20, 2003 |
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| Director: | Audrey Wells |
| Writer: | Audrey Wells, Frances Mayes |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | san francisco, california, villa, depression, professor, recreation, writer, love affair, divorce, divorcee, divorced woman, tuscany, italy, woman director, book review, living abroad, new friends, beautiful landscapes, cheating husband, best friends, home remodeling, tour, lesbian couple |
| Production Companies | Timnick Films, Blue Gardenia Productions, Touchstone Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $58,878,723
Budget: $18,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Diane Lane | Frances |
| Lindsay Duncan | Katherine |
| Vincent Riotta | Martini |
| Giulia Louise Steigerwalt | Chiara |
| Raoul Bova | Marcello |
| Sandra Oh | Patti |
| Pawel Szajda | Pawel |
| Roberto Nobile | Placido |
| Anita Zagaria | Fiorella |
| Evelina Gori | Nona Cardinale |
| Kate Walsh | Grace |
| Valentine Pelka | Jerzy |
| Saša Vulićević | Zbignew |
| Claudia Gerini | Signora Raguzzi |
| Mario Monicelli | Old Man with Flowers |
| Massimo Sarchielli | Nino |
| Geoffrey Rivas | Head Mover |
| Sean Kaplan | Seat Mate |
| Nuccio Siano | Gianni |
| David Sutcliffe | Ed |
| Laura Pestellini | Contessa |
| Emiliano Novelli | Positano Policeman |
| Marit Nissen | German Woman |
| Ralph Palka | German Man |
| Kristoffer Ryan Winters | David Tour Guide |
| Jeffery Jones | Gay Tourist |
| Vittorio Pecchillo | Gay Tourist |
| Don McManus | Nasty Man |
| Elden Henson | Author |
| Jack Kehler | Apartment Manager |
| Jeffrey Tambor | Lawyer (uncredited) |
| Matt Salinger | Colleague |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Linda Lowy | Casting |
| Stephen McCabe | Production Design |
| Audrey Wells | Director, Screenstory, Screenplay |
| Christophe Beck | Original Music Composer |
| Erik Paoletti | Location Manager |
| Riccardo Neri | Unit Production Manager |
| Alberto Mangiante | First Assistant Director |
| Andrew Marcus | Editor |
| Frances Mayes | Novel |
| Ray McIntyre Jr. | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Barbara Pastrovich | Second Assistant Director |
| Franco Fumagalli | Art Direction |
| Alessio Pompei | Hairstylist |
| Clive Winter | Sound Mixer |
| Marvin Walowitz | Sound Effects Editor |
| Curt Schulkey | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Oscar Mitt | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Lee Wimer | Color Timer |
| John Brace | Casting |
| Piero Mura | Sound Editor |
| Katherine Rose | Foley Artist |
| John Joseph Thomas | Foley Editor |
| Greg Steele | ADR Mixer |
| Francesco Nardi | Makeup Artist |
| Brent W. Hall | Post Production Supervisor |
| Julie Feiner | ADR Editor |
| Bob Beemer | Sound Mixer |
| Scott Millan | Sound Mixer |
| Kate Bowe | Unit Publicist |
| Mary Beth Smith | Negative Cutter |
| Mary Ruth Smith | Sound Editor |
| Yvonne Valdez | First Assistant Editor |
| Arthur Coburn | Editor |
| Béatrice Kruger | Casting |
| Aaron Glascock | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Gary A. Hecker | Foley Artist |
| Nicoletta Ercole | Costume Designer |
| Geoffrey Simpson | Director of Photography |
| Gianni Giovagnoni | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jon Goldman | Associate Producer |
| Katie DiMento | Associate Producer |
| Edoardo Petti | Associate Producer |
| Tom Sternberg | Producer |
| Sandy Kroopf | Executive Producer |
| Laura Fattori | Executive Producer |
| Audrey Wells | Producer |
| Mark Gill | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 23 | 40 | 16 |
| 2024 | 5 | 26 | 34 | 16 |
| 2024 | 6 | 22 | 35 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 15 |
| 2024 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 12 |
| 2024 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 12 |
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 13 |
| 2025 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 5 | 846 | 915 |