Directed by Mark Waters, La Dolce Villa, the 2025 Netflix rom-com, is the story of a father who turns up in Italy in pursuit of his young daughter, who wants to buy a house. With a close-knit cast, La Dolce Villa moves like a Tuscany romance, replete with vintage villas, charming medieval streets, wine and gelato, and a grand fresco. A new addition to the array of Valentine’s Day rom-coms, La Dolce Villa is surely going to make your heats a lot more merry.
Scott Foley as Eric
As the well-meaning but anxious father in La Dolce Villa, we get to see American actor and director Scott Foley. Foley has been a part of the slasher franchise Scream as Roman Bridger. He has also starred in multiple TV shows like Felicity, Scandal, and Scrubs. The 2014 American black comedy, Let’s Kill Ward’s Wife, is the sole directorial venture of Foley. As a misfit,...
Scott Foley as Eric
As the well-meaning but anxious father in La Dolce Villa, we get to see American actor and director Scott Foley. Foley has been a part of the slasher franchise Scream as Roman Bridger. He has also starred in multiple TV shows like Felicity, Scandal, and Scrubs. The 2014 American black comedy, Let’s Kill Ward’s Wife, is the sole directorial venture of Foley. As a misfit,...
- 2/15/2025
- by Damayanti Ghosh
- Film Fugitives
In the picturesque landscapes of Tuscany, Netflix’s latest romantic comedy “La Dolce Villa” unfolds a tale of unexpected love and self-discovery. Directed by Mark Waters, known for his work on “Mean Girls,” the film stars Scott Foley as Eric, a successful businessman who finds himself on an unplanned Italian adventure.
The story centers around Eric’s journey to Italy, initially driven by a paternal mission to prevent his daughter Olivia, played by Maia Reficco, from emptying her bank account on the restoration of a dilapidated villa. However, as with many tales set in the Italian countryside, the country has other plans for our protagonist.
Foley, reflecting on his character’s arc, notes, “His initial determination — to save his daughter from making what he believes would be a huge mistake in purchasing property in Italy — turns out to be a sort of second chance at happiness for Eric, in so many ways!
The story centers around Eric’s journey to Italy, initially driven by a paternal mission to prevent his daughter Olivia, played by Maia Reficco, from emptying her bank account on the restoration of a dilapidated villa. However, as with many tales set in the Italian countryside, the country has other plans for our protagonist.
Foley, reflecting on his character’s arc, notes, “His initial determination — to save his daughter from making what he believes would be a huge mistake in purchasing property in Italy — turns out to be a sort of second chance at happiness for Eric, in so many ways!
- 2/13/2025
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
La pecora nera or if you prefer, The Black Sheep is the feature debut from Ascanio Celestini, which is In Competition for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
Yes, we said it’s a comedy, but they also describe it as an “inventive, funny and tragic” movie. Check out the La pecora nera synopsis and see why…
“The psychiatric hospital is an apartment block of saints. The poor crazy inmates tucked into their Chinese sheets – industrially manufactured shrouds – are saints, the nun lit up like an ex-voto by her bedside lamp is a saint.
And the doctor is the saintliest of all, he is the head of the saints, he is Jesus Christ.”
This is how Nicola describes his 35 years in the “electric asylum” and in his messed-up head reality and fantasy merge, producing unexpected illuminations.
Nicola was born in the 1960s, “the fabulous sixties”, and...
Yes, we said it’s a comedy, but they also describe it as an “inventive, funny and tragic” movie. Check out the La pecora nera synopsis and see why…
“The psychiatric hospital is an apartment block of saints. The poor crazy inmates tucked into their Chinese sheets – industrially manufactured shrouds – are saints, the nun lit up like an ex-voto by her bedside lamp is a saint.
And the doctor is the saintliest of all, he is the head of the saints, he is Jesus Christ.”
This is how Nicola describes his 35 years in the “electric asylum” and in his messed-up head reality and fantasy merge, producing unexpected illuminations.
Nicola was born in the 1960s, “the fabulous sixties”, and...
- 9/11/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Chicago – In our latest romance edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Letters to Juliet” with Amanda Seyfried of “Mamma Mia!” fame!
The film also features Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Egan, Marcia DeBonis, Gael García Bernal, Giordano Formenti, Paolo Arvedi, Dario Conti, Daniel Baldock, Ivana Lotito, Luisa Ranieri, Marina Massironi, Lidia Biondi, Milena Vukotic and Luisa De Santis from director Gary Winick (“Bride Wars”) and writers Jose Rivera and Tim Sullivan. “Letters to Juliet” opens nationwide on May 14, 2010.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Letters to Juliet” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “Letters to Juliet” with Amanda Seyfried.
The film also features Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Egan, Marcia DeBonis, Gael García Bernal, Giordano Formenti, Paolo Arvedi, Dario Conti, Daniel Baldock, Ivana Lotito, Luisa Ranieri, Marina Massironi, Lidia Biondi, Milena Vukotic and Luisa De Santis from director Gary Winick (“Bride Wars”) and writers Jose Rivera and Tim Sullivan. “Letters to Juliet” opens nationwide on May 14, 2010.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Letters to Juliet” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “Letters to Juliet” with Amanda Seyfried.
- 5/12/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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