Bread and Tulips (2000) Original title: Pane e tulipani (Italian) Synopsis / Plot Rosalba is a housewife in Pescara with teenage sons, married since 21 to a plumbing supplier whose mistress is her sister in law. When the tour bus leaves her, and her husband calls to tell her to stay put, she rebels slightly and hitchhikes toward home, deciding on a whim to continue to Venice. She lucks into a room in the flat of Fernando, a diffident, formal Icelander; befriends Grazia, a holistic masseuse; and, gets a job at the flower shop of Fermo, a cranky anarchist. Her husband sends a portly plumber to find her. Will duty and maternal instinct win out, or will Alba stay in Venice, combining Rome's rationality with Greece's imagination to find her true Italian self? Awards 2000: Swiss Film Awards: Best Actor (Bruno Ganz). 2 Nominations 1999: 9 David di Donatello Awards, including Best Film and Best Director