: A sensitive film where love transcends gender as a widow discovers her late husband's secret parallel life and finds a new community. Romantic Movies Set in Italy (International Co-Productions)

: Starring Tilda Swinton, this sumptuously shot drama follows the wife of a wealthy Milanese family as she rediscovers passion through an affair with a young chef.

(1994) : A gentle, poetic film about a simple postman who learns the art of poetry from Pablo Neruda to win the heart of a beautiful local woman [4]. Bread and Tulips (Pane e Tulipani)

Modern Italian romance trades Vespa chases for text message angst, but the heat remains.