Director
Mike van Diem
Starring
Ksenia Solo, Gijs Naber, Giancarlo Giannini, Lidia Vitale, Donatella Finocchiaro
Certificate
15
Run Time
90 mins
Release Year
2017
Country of Origin
Netherlands, Canada, Italy
Language
Italian, English, Dutch
Director of Photography: Luc Brefeld
Editor: Jessica de Koning
Produced by: Hans de Weers, Elwin Looije, Corrado Azzollini, Claudio Bucci, Don Carmody, David Cormican
Music: Ari Posner, Jim McGrath
Screenplay by: Peter van Wijk, Mike van Diem
Production Designer: Harry Ammerlaan
Sound Production: Stephen Traub, Lucas Roveda
Director Bio
Mike van Diem
P&I - Director Bio
Mark van Diem is an award-winning writer and director from the Netherlands. He is known for Karakter (1997), which won the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film, The Surprise (2015) and Alaska (1989), the first Dutch student film in history to win The Student Academy Award®. He has also collaborated on Hollywood features, including Spy Game (2001).
Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
A frothy, colourful and delightfully eccentric story of a young Canadian-Italian woman’s mission to discover the truth about her origins, Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle is a heart-warming pleasure (more Amélie than realist story). Anna (the impressive Ksenia Solo) journeys from Canada to beautiful Italy, where she encounters an ambitious Dutchman who takes tulips to Puglia, run-ins with the Mafia and even an exploding cave. A freewheeling and charming Euro romp that tackles love, honour, friendship and flowers, and is never less than breezy and engaging.