Ciao a tutti! Our next review of the miniseries #TheRomComRoundtableGoestoItaly is here! Today we’ll be reviewing Netflix’s La Dolce Villa, starring Scott Foley, Violante Placido, and Maia Reficco.
Set in Tuscany, La Dolce Villa tells the story of culinary consultant Eric (Scott Foley) who travels to Italy to stop his daughter (Maia Reficco) from buying and restoring a historic villa.
La Dolce Villa is available on Netflix.
La Dolce Villa premiered in February 2025 and is directed by Mark Waters, whose credits include Mean Girls, 500 Days of Summer, and Freaky Friday.
The film was co-written by Elizabeth Hackett, who wrote Falling Inn Love, and Hilary Galanoy, who wrote Love, Guaranteed. Both Hackett and Galanoy co-wrote Perfect Pairing. All of these films are also available on Netflix.
In this episode, we talk about the 1 Euro / low cost housing investment programs that have recently become popular and the reality of participating in these programs. We refer to an interesting article from Italy Magazine.
I Live in Small-Town Italy. Here’s My Unfiltered Take on Netflix’s “La Dolce Villa.”
We give a shout out to Stanley Tucci in our cold open and talk about Italo disco music.
A note about this episode and a behind the scenes of the miniseries, this is an episode we re-recorded following some technical difficulties we had experienced with the original recording (which we mentioned in an earlier update episode of the pod). This episode contains part of both recordings. We also rewatched the film again prior to re-recording the episode which provided some additional insights into our review.
Please note as well that there is a DV reference from the article above about one of the side characters’ relationship in the film. We were concerned with the depiction of the unhealthy nature of that relationship, which we briefly mention in the episode. This discussion takes place between 56:20-57:30.
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