Under the Tuscan Sun

~Life offers you a thousand chances ... all you have to do is take one.

Overview

Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to piece her life back together in unexpected ways.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 2003-09-20
Budget: $18000000
Revenue: $58878723
Runtime: 113 min

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