The first half of the film, in which Maglietta gradually discovers herself as something other than a servant, is genuinely engaging.
Bread and Tulips(Pane e tulipani)
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Italy, Switzerland · 2000
Rated PG-13 · 1h 54m
Director Silvio Soldini
Starring Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston, Antonio Catania
Genre Comedy, Romance
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A woman in Venice spontaneously becomes a resident of the City of Bridges after her family accidentally leaves her behind while on vacation. She finds work as a florist and falls in love with her adopted city and a waiter at the hotel she calls home.
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Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey
Actresses such as Maglietta are why movies were invented: You never get tired of her mercurial personality or of her infinitely compelling face.
Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach
Soldini's consistently understated touch, and a poignant turn by Licia Maglietta as the confused and bemused main character, turns Bread and Tulips into a character study worth studying.
The New York Times by Dana Stevens
Soldini's amiable new comedy suggests that an older, better Italy of imagination, rationality and civility survives on the fringes of a modern nation obsessed, like most others, with consumerism, empty prosperity and easy pleasure.
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
A little too shopworn and pokey to be more than a respectable European diversion.
TV Guide Magazine by Frank Lovece
Characters' eccentricities feel contrived and the wackiness seems forced, though the film's amiable ambling does keep the viewer intrigued, if not charmed.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Too lethargic and strung-out for its own good. Thankfully, it casts a pleasant, amusing and touching spell anyway, but more energy and a markedly shorter running time might have turned a sunny diversion into something more special.
Manages the right balance of fairy tale and joyous self-discovery. And the Venice locations don't hurt.
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
A movie about serendipity and spontaneity.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold
A sweet-spirited, extremely well-cast little comedy.
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