![]() ![]() ![]() Lane portrays Mayes as a recently divorced, depressed San Francisco writer who, during a vacation to Italy, impulsively buys an old villa in the Tuscan countryside and proceeds to restore it. But the real romance in this comedy-infused drama is between an American woman and Italy - its people, its food, its wine, its land and its beauty. 26, Bova plays a sexy antiques dealer who has a fling with Mayes’ character (Diane Lane). In the big-screen version of “Under the Tuscan Sun,” opening Sept. Then she drawls out the quip she’s fond of offering her husband these days: “Too bad I missed out with Raoul Bova. ![]() Her thin brown eyebrows rise practically to her hairline when that comes up. There is, however, a dashing Italian lover - something missing from the story as Mayes actually lived it. No murders or ghosts, either, though some of the filmmakers who vied for the project suggested them to spice up the tale of an American academic renovating a dilapidated villa in the Italian countryside. In the Hollywood version of Frances Mayes’ 1996 bestselling memoir “Under the Tuscan Sun,” there are no car chases. ![]()
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