Scott Foley Finds the Recipe for Love in ‘La Dolce Villa’ Trailer

Seize your focaccia bread and caffè con panna as a result of Netflix has simply launched a trailer for a brand new romcom set in Italy, La Dolce Villa. Premiering February 13 (simply in time for Valentine’s Day), Scott Foley (Felicity) stars as ex-chef Eric visiting his daughter Olivia (Maia Reficco) in Italy after she’s purchased an (albeit crumbling) villa for the low-low value of 1 Euro (as a millennial, this creator truthfully sees the enchantment) to renovate and reside in. Alongside the way in which, he meets the mayor of the city, Francesca Pucci (Violante Placido), the place the villa resides, and also you guessed it: sparks fly. According to Netflix, the movie was certainly shot in Italy. Scenes have been filed in Rome, japanese Lazio, and Tuscany. They are saying the interiors of the villa have been constructed at Cinecittá Studios in Rome.

The logline type Netflix is as follows:

“Profitable businessman Eric travels to Italy to cease his daydreaming daughter Olivia from restoring a crumbling villa. Italy, nevertheless, has totally different plans for him because it delivers on its legendary promise of magnificence, magic, and romance.”

Later in Life Romances Are Simply as Necessary

Netflix says “it’s by no means too late to renovate your life.” Netflix already has just a few ‘later in life’ romances below their belts. Satirically sufficient, two of them star Brooke Shields: Mom of the Bride and A Citadel for Christmas. That being mentioned, Netflix emphasizes that stability between the Eric’s romance and the father-daughter familial dynamic between Eric and Olivia. Director Mark Waters says of Foley and Reficco’s dynamics, “they understood that love between relations can take many shapes and kinds, so even when they’re butting heads originally of the image, you possibly can nonetheless sense that deep bond between them.”

As for the romance between Eric and Francesca, Foley tells Tudum, “His preliminary willpower — to avoid wasting his daughter from making what he believes can be an enormous mistake in buying property in Italy — seems to be a form of second likelihood at happiness for Eric, in so some ways!” Along with Waters, the minds behind La Dolce Villa embody writers Elizabeth Hackett and Hilary Galanoy (A Excellent Pairing, Falling Inn Love) and producers Robyn Snyder and Deb Evans (Select Love, A Excellent Pairing).

La Dolce Villa premieres on Netflix February 13, simply in time for Valentine’s Day. Stick with Collider for the newest updates.

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