- HD 1080
- Runtime: 114m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: it
- Country: Belgium, Italy, Switzerland
- Director: Silvio Soldini
- Stars: Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston, Antonio Catania, Marina Massironi
- keywords: depression, dancing, suicide, mother, husband wife relationship, venice, italy, marriage crisis, self-discovery, freedom, amateur detective, married couple, mother role, oddball, tango, marriage, pescara, bus ride, accordion, florist, flower shop, plumbing supplier, roadhouse, family's daily life, mystic, mother-in-law, little boy, family holiday, hitchhiking
- Production_studio: Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Monogatari, RAI Cinema, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Amka Films
- Slogan: Imagine your life. Now go live it.
- The Bread and Tulips is featured in the top rankings of 2000
- #13 in Top Comedy Movies of 2000
- #11 in Top Romance Movies of 2000
An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.