Stealing Beauty - 1997

The most beautiful place to be is in love.

This film was seperated by a love or hate audience when it premiered in '97. I for one was in a mixed mind.
Liv Tyler plays a 19 year old girl escaping to Italy ( beautifully shot scenery that makes you fall in love with the Italian countryside) who has to come to terms with herself, her intact virginity and her relationships with the people she meets. This is very much a 'coming of age' film that not everyone will enjoy but it does have it's good points. For one Liv really lives up to the naive and innocent 19 year old and can act pretty well. Another good point is the appearance of Jeremy Irons who almost steals the film.