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Theme: Diane Lane's European adventures.

"Under the Tuscan Sun" (2003) -- Diane Lane, Lindsay Duncan, Sandra Oh; directed by Audrey Wells. Suddenly single, a middle-aged American vacations in Italy, where she buys a dilapidated villa on a whim, immersing herself into a new world of beauty, characters, and love. Based on Frances Mayes' autobiographical book, although the film takes liberties with events. Lighthearted entertainment, drenched in sumptuous cinematography.

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"A Little Romance" (1979) -- Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Broderick Crawford; directed by George Roy Hill. Lane won many hearts in her screen debut at 14, as a schoolgirl in Paris experiencing first love, teen pains, cinema, Venice, and an elderly con man. This film is often referred to as "a charmer" and that it certainly is.

An interesting aside, the young couple enjoys screenings of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting," the two biggest hits from their "A Little Romance" director.

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"La Dolce Vita" (1960) -- An alternate, tongue-in-cheek selection to double feature with "Under the Tuscan Sun" is this Federico Fellini classic, featuring a memorable dance in a fountain by Anita Ekberg. In her Tuscan village, Diane Lane meets an eccentric Englishwoman and former lover of Fellini, who reenacts images from the earlier film.

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