A friend of mine just sent me the following:

“If you haven’t seen this movie, you need to add it to your (large) to be seen list. Italian with english subtitles. It was funny and touching. Good for the next cold winter night. If we get any more of those! Maybe you have to be Italian to really understand. But this is a delightfully funny picture with moments of tenderness and pathos, a quintessentially Italian approach to the bored housewife story. It’s also a wonderful view of Venice from an Italian perspective. It’s a bit of a fantasy, a bit of a fem-flick, a bit of a travelogue. I’ve been to Italy several times. This movie makes me want to go back again. Bravissimo!”

The movie she refers to is Pane e tulipan, or Bread and Tulips in English and since we share some of the same interest the movie has now been added to my Netflix queue. Once seen for myself, I’ll let you know what I think; but remember my list is “large” so it may be awhile.