Bread and Tulips
This was the first Italian language film I saw, and the scenes of Venice helped me fall in love with the city. It revealed there was much more to the city than just Piazza San Marco. When I planned o…
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Ciao Professore
The scenery looks authentic as small towns we've visited, with kids kicking soccer balls in the piazzas, women hanging laundry on balconies, alleyways tucked between stuccoed buildings. I especially …
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Enchanted April
Set in the 20's, four British women, previously unacquainted and from vastly different social and economic backgrounds, share a villa in Italy for one month. As each character is introduced and the p…
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Enchanted April Movie
Just seconding the person who suggested this film. It is a subtle film, but very powerful. I especially enjoy how it is pouring in England as they discuss and plan the trip, and even raining when the…
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Only You
I viewed "Only You" before my first trip to Italy 15 years. Starting in Venice, driving through Tuscany, and navigating Rome, the characters end up in Positano on the Amalfi Coast. It provided the pe…
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Rome Adventure 1962
This movie was set in the area of Lago Maggiore / Lago Como / StresaIt was a very impressive movie staring Suzanne Pleshette and Troy Donaghue. The theme song "Al di La" was sung by Emilio Pericoli. …
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Rome Adventure
I like it because I first saw it while in Italy in the 60's, was about the same age as the characters and was falling in love with Italy at the time. (a condition that after all these years my wife c…
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Stealing Beauty
This movie (Titolo italiano: Io ballo da sola) stars Liv Tyler and has beautiful scenes filmed at Brolio, at Gaiole in Chianti near Siena (Tuscany). The film location is near Erboli Residence holiday…
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Summertime
In addition to being a fairly nice love story, this movie has the most beautiful scenery of Venice that I've ever seen. Especially of some of the out of the way places. It definitely made me want to …
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Tea With Mussolini
The characters were so true to where they were. The beauty of the towns and the destroyed towns were so real!I loved all parts of Italy that were filmed: The beautiful art factories. he private homes…
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La Meglio Gioventu
this was a multi-generational saga, taking place from 1960's to 2000,detailing how the political-social events affected one family during these years. The lead actors were well-cast in their respecti…
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Only You
The exploration of Italy begins with an impropmtu trip to Venice for a very important reason. From Venice the movie moves through Rome and up the Amalfi coast. A funny, beautiful comedy about "Il Des…
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Summertime with Katharine Hepburn
Its magnificent architecture; color everywhere; pigeons; piazza San Marcos; art; people; Venetian glass; gondolas; bridges; flower pot filled balconies; even the clothes lines look beautiful.You get …
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Golden Door
Provides an historical perspective of immigration from Sicily through Ellis Island and hence an increased appreciation for the hardships our forefathers endured to give future generations a better li…
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La Vita e' Bella
"Life is Beautiful" is hands down the most beautiful and the most heartbreaking film I have ever seen. Set in the years before and during WWII, this movie tells the story of Guido Orefice, an Italian…
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Letters to Juliet and When in Rome
These movies feature Tuscany and Rome, respectively. They both have beautiful scenery, especially Letters to Juliet. Although When in Rome does show some beautiful monuments in Rome, it's not really …
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Summertime, Romantic Movie
It takes place in Venice, a spinster vacationing alone ...it portrays how lonely she is and meets a absolutely beautiful looking man that sweeps her off her feet into a whirlwind affair . The Piazza …
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Under the Tuscan Sun
NOT ONLY DO YOU SEE TUSCANY, BUT ALSO ROME, THE AMALFI COAST AND POSITANO. IN TUSCANY YOU CAN SEE THE OLIVE TREES WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL PART OF TUSCANY, SOME OF FLORENCE, TUSCAN COOKING AND THE MOST B…
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Under the Tuscan Sun
"Under the Tuscan Sun" is not only my favorite film set in Italy, but this visual love letter to Tuscany helped inspire me to quit my corporate job and move to Florence for one year to live and work …
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