Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

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

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.

• Released: 2003-09-20
• Genres: Romance, Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 53m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 1,005 votes

Directed by Audrey Wells.

Top cast

• Diane Lane as Frances
• Lindsay Duncan as Katherine
• Vincent Riotta as Martini
• Giulia Louise Steigerwalt as Chiara
• Raoul Bova as Marcello
• Sandra Oh as Patti
• Pawel Szajda as Pawel
• Roberto Nobile as Placido
• Anita Zagaria as Fiorella
• Evelina Gori as Nona Cardinale

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Where to watch Under the Tuscan Sun

• United States: stream on Starz Apple TV channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Google Play Movies; buy on Google Play Movies
• Canada: stream on Disney Plus, Hollywood Suite, Hollywood Suite Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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