Completed - ITALIAN, ENGLISH, DUTCH - Drama, Comedy - 90 minutes
After losing his farm during the floods of 1953, a romantic Dutch farmer is tired of getting his socks wet. Hecycles to Italy and decides to grow tulips in the sweltering heat of Puglia.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Mike VAN DIEM Cast : Ksenia SOLO, Giancarlo GIANNINI, Gijs NABER Producer(s) : Corrado AZZOLLINI, Don CARMODY
TULIPANI tells the story of a romantic Dutch farmer named Gauke (Gijs Naber) who after losing his farmduring the floods of 1953 is determined to never ever have wet socks again. He cycles to the sizzling hotsouth of Italy to start a new life and ends up at the outskirts of a small village in Puglia. Due to his fairylikeand miraculous tulip trade, his passionate love-life and his turbulent scuffles with the dubious local businesspractices, he becomes a living legend - to then suddenly disappear. Thirty years later, an Italian policeinspector (Giancarlo Giannini) attempts to unravel the story, but struggles to distinguish fact from fiction.With the help of the young Canadian woman Anna (Ksenia Solo) he discovers what truly happened.
Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS, ITALY, CANADA
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Terra di Siena Film Festival 2017 (Best International Film)Sonoma International Film Festival 2018 (Audience Choice)Italian Contemporary Film festival 2018 (People's Choice Award)