The American Holywood star is filming a new movie to show in 2011, entitled "Eat, Pray, Love" that describes the journey of a woman through Rome for pleasure, Mumbai for spirituality and Bali for "balancing".
The film is based on the book by Elizabeth Gilbert, entitles "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia".
After a bad divorce the main character of the book goes on a year long journey that begins in Rome were she spends 4 months learning the language and enjoying the cuisine, before going to India to meditate in an ashram and then Indonesia to reconnect with a healer in Bali.
A funny couple of excerpts from the book:
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"I wish Giovanni would kiss me.
Oh, but there are so many reasons this would be a terrible idea. To begin with, Giovanni is ten years younger that I am, and - like most Italian guys in his twenties - he still lives with his mother."
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"I instantly love Naples. Wild, raucous, noisy, dirty, balls-out Naples. An anthill inside a rabbit warren, with all the exoticism of a Middle-eastern bazaar and a touch of New Orleans voodoo. A tripped-out, dangerous and cheerful nuthouse [...] The Neapolitan women in particular are such a gang of tough-voiced. loud-mouthed, generous, nosy dames, all bossy and annoyed and right up in your face and just trying to friggin' help you for chrissake [...]"
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The film will be directed by Ryan Murphy and filming in Rome will take place later this year.
For more info on the book check out:
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