rus_tony First of all, the scenes were natural and quite realistic. However, if you are planning to watch this movie only to see some tits and bums that would be incorrect choice for you. Like one of my friend said, the script revolves not only around our precious Lucy but every character introduced throughout the course and explains us the real reason why she has come such a long way step by step. If i cut the story short, i love the way that director combined the life, art and human relations in such a movie.

amberberglund I didn't see this film when it first came out, because I kept reading these terrible reviews. One review has stuck with me, for 12 years. "Liv Tyler is the perfect piece of cardboard." I don't remember who said that, but that line kept me from seeing this film. This film was offered for free on cable on-demand, and since then, I've watched several times. Probably about 20 times. Why do I keep watching it? Because details are revealed each and ever time I see it. Things that I didn't notice before. Liv Tyler gives a very subtle and masterful performance in this film. Her character is experiencing things internally, and it would be inappropriate for her to be wildly expressive. Her character is reacting to her surroundings, but her reactions fall under the radar of normal viewing. The opening scene is shot on (what looks like) digital video by a man on the plane from America to Italy. I didn't notice at first, but, there is a close-up of this man's wrist, wearing a leather bracelet. Fast forward several scenes and this close up of this same bracelet appears on the wrist of this character "Carlo Liska"...and this leads me to believe that the man on the plane was this character "Carlo." But, back to Liv Tyler's character, "Lucy"...this character is a virgin, but that doesn't make her unsophisticated. She speaks Italian, smokes marijuana, and (really forward-thinking for 1996) fearlessly allows a man - a character of a writer (probably dying from AIDS) played by Jeremy Irons, to dress an open, bleeding wound on her knee. AIDS isn't mentioned, but it is implied. Making the subject of sex (circa 1996) that much more shocking. This is a dangerous activity, according to the zeitgeist of the 1990s. Life and death. I like to have this film just playing in the background, because the music is pleasant, and it's pretty much like being on vacation in Tuscany. It isn't a demanding film. It doesn't scream at you. It meanders from beautiful shot to beautiful shot, and having seen it 20 times already, I can leave the room and come back and it's still like a vacation in Tuscany. Naked, beautiful people on the surface, but there's more there if you choose to look.

thomas-794 I found the Artists-in-Tuscany concept to be a tiresome cliché throughout this film. So unrealistic and annoying to watch... Certainly a real artist would find it quite tedious to be distracted with so many house-guests and to have to entertain and feed all those awful people. We've seen this theme countless times now in film... a collection of "free spirits"/"finding oneself" in a gorgeous villa in Italy.There is not an ounce of honesty or any real characters in the film, just tired and worn-out clichés. Pretty, but meaningless.

SunSeekerScot I think I saw this film at a film festival when it was newly released (or prior to release) and seem to recall a scene that was missing when I watched it again recently.Remember when they all go over to that grand villa for the evenings party and the artist guy stays home to carve away at his tree stump with the chainsaw. I remember him sanding more and creating this lovely (and suggestive!) hole in it that later when his wife returns home and finds him caressing the hole suggestively and the two of them then make love. This time when I watch the film it just cuts to the place where she leans against the wall and hikes up her dress above the knee (what the hell is that all about?). The original was one of my favorite parts because of how that scene was enhanced with the music soundtrack... but now it's gone! So my question is: Am I right or dreaming? Anybody else remember this?