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Bread and Tulips

Bread and Tulips

Imagine your life. Now go live it.

2000•1h 54m•7.1/10
ComedyRomance

Ratings

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7.1/10(303)

An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.

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Production

Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Monogatari, RAI Cinema, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Amka Films, MiC, RSI

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Licia Maglietta

Licia Maglietta

Rosalba Barletta

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Fernando Girasoli

Giuseppe Battiston

Giuseppe Battiston

Costantino Maria Caponangeli

Antonio Catania

Antonio Catania

Mimmo Barletta

Marina Massironi

Marina Massironi

Grazia Reginella

Felice Andreasi

Felice Andreasi

Fermo

Vitalba Andrea

Vitalba Andrea

Ketty

Tatiana Lepore

Tatiana Lepore

Adele

Daniela Piperno

Daniela Piperno

Woman in car

Tiziano Cucchiarelli

Tiziano Cucchiarelli

Nicola 'Nic' Barletta

Matteo Febo

Matteo Febo

Salvo Barletta

Lina Bernardi

Lina Bernardi

Nancy

Mauro Marino

Mauro Marino

Lello

Antonia Miccoli

Sami

Ludovico Paladin

Eliseo

Silvana Bosi

Silvana Bosi

Costantino's mother

Manrico Gammarota

Manrico Gammarota

Man at the station

Massimiliano Speziani

Goran Jaković

Fausto Russo Alesi

Fausto Russo Alesi

Man in car

Don Backy

Don Backy

Balera singer

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