If “Eat Pray Love” got liquored up on limoncello, tumbled into a vineyard, and woke up in the middle of a Shonda Rhimes fever dream, what you would have is “You, Me & Tuscany,” a wine-drenched romantic romp produced by blockbuster producer Will Packer, and has just released its first wild and tantalizing teaser trailer.
One Villa. A rogue engagement ring that happens to reside in a junk drawer. A young chef with a bad habit of making poor decisions. One hot, rich Italian “white boy.” A fabulous black Italian cousin. A mother-in-law who appears out of nowhere like Catholic guilt. A Tuscan villa filled with more secrets than it has storage space. Not to mention, naturally, that special something that comes with a woman racing across Italy to avoid being thrown into an actual lock-up for trespassing, impersonation, and finding her own heart.
A Trailer That Is Already Cinema
The teaser kick-starts with a call that best captures what modern friendship is about: Anna (Halle Bailey), a young woman down on her luck after having previously dreamed about becoming a chef, reveals to her best friend Claire (Aziza Scott) that she hooked up with a “random rich white boy.”
“He’s Italian,” Anna says.
“Spicy white boy,” Claire corrects her, doing the Lord’s comedic work.
His name is Matteo (Lorenzo de Moor). Not to toot my horn, but because he nonchalantly mentions having this giant empty villa all to himself out in Tuscany, Anna takes matters into her own hands. That night, she books a flight.
One Villa. One Lie. Infinite Italian Consequences.
Anna arrives in Italy ready to squat there one night… until Matteo’s mother, Gabriella (Isabella Ferrari, doling out ferocity and typical Italian disapproval), shows up out of nowhere.
Anna freaking out ensues. Gabriella leaps to absurd conclusions. Then, Anna is suddenly Matteo’s fiancée, Mateo nowhere to be found, and he’s not.
But wait. It gets messier.
Just in time, enter cousin Michael, a role which arrives fully embodied by global charm machine Regé-Jean Page after BRIDGERTON. This is actually his first romantic comedy appearance outside a Netflix hit.
“It’s some Shonda Rhimes shit,” Claire dryly remarks when Anna divulges that she is actually engaged to one cousin but is emotionally unhinged over another.
The Love Triangle We Didn’t Know We Needed
As a wedding approaches at the very villa that Anna does not belong to, this woman tries to keep up her deception while dealing with village rumors, wine tastings, and what may ignite every glassful of Chianti wine within Italy. This passion is building between her and Michael.
“‘You deserve to live your life the way you want,’ Michael says to her–in the rain, naturally. Because in Tuscany, romance is governed by the weather.”
And to make matters more dramatic, Matteo comes back into the picture with this line that every rom-com fan wants to hear:
“Matteo, what are you doing here?”
“What am I doing here?”
From the Producer Who Makes Hits Look Easy
Will Packer, responsible for films such as Girls Trip and Think Like a Man, as well as ten other box office number one openers, brings to this story what he has consistently shown to bring to every story he touches: heart, humor, and chaos.
Director Kat Coiro (Marry Me) gives her expert escapist spin to these Italian settings. At the same time, screenwriter Ryan Engle (Rampage, Beast) uses Tuscany to present this romantic getaway as a laugh-filled battleground of deception, desire, and limoncello mishaps.
A Cast That Makes Tuscany Even Hotter
- Halle Bailey as Anna, girlbossing a little too close to the Tuscan sun.
- Regé-Jean Page as Michael, the cousin who could ruin any family reunion
- Lorenzo de Moor as Matteo, the original spicy white boy with a villa
- Isabella Ferrari as Gabriella, the mother-in-law.
- Aziza Scott as Claire, the friend we all need
- Marco Calvani – A taxi driver and Anna’s Italian guardian angel
- Nia Vardalos as Mrs. Dunn, whose wedding ring sets off this whole global adventure
The Heart Of It: A Woman Finding Herself In The Most Chaotic Way Possible
Ultimately, You, Me & Tuscany is about Anna rediscovering her dreams, dreams of cooking, of connection, and of living life to the fullest, all thanks to a mistake that is nothing short of a miracle. She finds love, a family, a purpose, a life that is better than what she could have imagined. And yes. Then she also encounters two very attractive Italian men there. Good things come in pairs.
