Bread and Tulips (2000): Italian Quirky
From the cover, and initial reviews on Netflix, you'd think this was a more solemn, serious but beautifully shot film set in Venice about unrequited love... more akin to Chocolat or something like that.
However, upon viewing it, it was more of a quirky comedic film, with slightly over-the-top caricatures...in a goofy comedic sort of way. The quirkiness was a bit annoying in the beginning, but the characters do sort of grow on you. I'll admit I wanted to revisit scenes from Venice, and there were a few, but overall I found the film only mildly satisfying. It wasn't a movie of great depth...all the characters seemed to farcical to be believable. Also the art direction on the film wasn't anything to write home about...
But maybe it was just my higher expectations of something more here that left me a bit wanting.
If you want to see this movie, expect something like an Italian light comedy...with shades of Muriel's Wedding, old Pink Panther films, and maybe just a hint of mediocre-Amelie-likeness.