Under the Tuscan Sun Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

Frances Mayes (Diane Lane) is a 35-year-old San Francisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal writer's block and extremely depressed, and her best friend, Patti (Sandra Oh), is beginning to think she might never recover. "Dr. Patti's" Rx: 10 days in Tuscany. And it's there that, on a whim, Frances purchases a villa named Bramasole - literally, "something that yearns for the sun." The home needs much restoration, but what better place for a new beginning than the home of the Renaissance? As she flings herself into her new life at the villa in the lush and beautiful Italian countryside, Frances makes new friends among her neighbors, but in the quiet moments, she is fearful that her ambitions for her new life - and a new family - may not be realized... until a chance encounter in Rome throws Frances into the arms of an intriguing Protobello antiquities dealer named Marcello (Raoul Bova). Can this be what she dreamed of? Can love last with Marcello? Will her new life flower under the Tuscan sun?

Comedy Drama Romance

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Under the Tuscan Sun.

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  Diane Lane

  Secretariat, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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  Raoul Bova

  All Roads Lead to Rome, Alien vs. Predator

• L
  Lindsay Duncan

  Gifted, Alice in Wonderland

• D
  Dan Bucatinsky

  Second Act, Our Little Secret

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  Vince Riotta

• G
  Giulia Steigerwalt

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  Kate Walsh

  Girls Trip, Just Before I Go

Crew Behind the Film

The Under the Tuscan Sun behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Audrey Wells last directed My Name is Jody Williams and The Fugees. The film's writer Audrey Wells last wrote The Hate U Give and A Dog's Purpose.

Director

Audrey Wells

Screenwriters

Audrey Wells
Frances Mayes

Producers

Laura Fattori
Tom Sternberg
Audrey Wells

Production Details

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Production Updates for Under the Tuscan Sun

Dec 2004

Completed

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