Pane e tulipani (2000)

Bruno Ganz, Bruno Ganz! Bruno Ganz! He played Hitler in Der Untergang, a writer in Eternity and a day, he played Jonathan i Herzog's Nosferatu and he played another Jonathan in that great Wim Wenders movie, Der Amerikanische Freund. In Pane e tulipani (2000) Ganz is a waiter, Fernando, who offers accomodation to a houswife, Rosalba, who is left behind in a bus tour but who decides to go to Venice because she has never been there before. The film revolves around the relationship between Rosalba and Fernando but there is also the storyline with a "private eye" who is sent to Venice by Rosalba's chauvinistic husband. Pane e tulipane is a colorful comedy with quirky characters and nice music. I like it because it has a tone of its own, toying with surreal elements and dream sequences. As a romantic comedy, it lacks some of the overused conventions of the genre and that makes it rather special. One of the main characters is an anarchist florist. And there's accordion music. Need I say more?