Interpretation Example--Bread & Tulips

 

 

What are some of the lessons that can be drawn from Bread & Tulips?  What message(s) might the script writer and the director be trying to convey?  Now, this is a complex movie, and I can only guess the answer.  My guess must make sense, must be explained within the context of the movie, and is necessarily subjective-it's what I get out of this movie.  So, let me try it:

 

 

 

1. A crisis is a crisis alright, but also an opportunity.  The main character is left stranded someplace, and feels very sorry for herself.  But, at the end, it turns out that piece of "bad luck" was the best thing that ever happened to her.  [So, next time you have a flat tire in a little Canadian town, consider it an opportunity that could potentially change your life]

 

 

 

2. Don't be afraid to take chances.  The heroine, on a whim, drives by the Pescara sign, and dares go on to Venice.  Another way of putting this idea: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.  If you are not happy where you are, if the people around you are indifferent to you and your feelings, move, change, escape.  If you hate your job, drop it.  Take chances.  Sure, you might end up in the gutter, but you might end up in paradise too!  Here, the heroine, a despised, neglected, abused housewife drifts to another shore, and lo and behold-she gets rid of her plumber/businessman and fills her life with flowers, finds a job with a wonderful, humane, employer who appreciates her, falls in love with a wonderful man who desperately needs her, forms a genuine friendship with a passionately alive woman.