Il Vento e le Rose

Directed byElisa Bolognini

Written byKanō Kyōko(novel)
Junko Sakamoto (screenplay)

Produced byIzumi Yamashita

StarringKanō Kyōko

Il Vento e le Rose
Directed by	Elisa Bolognini
Written by	Kanō Kyōko(novel) Junko Sakamoto (screenplay)
Produced by	Izumi Yamashita
Starring	Kanō Kyōko
Cinematography	Maura Morales Bergmann
Edited by	Yoshie Kaneko
Music by	Nahoko Kakiage
Distributed by	Pony Canyon
Release date	9 May 2009 (2009-05-09) (Japan)
Running time	73 minutes
Countries	Italy Japan
Languages	Italian English

Il Vento e le Rose (Japanese: 愛するということ Ai-suru to iu koto; English: The Awakening of Love) is a 2009 Japanese-Italian movie directed by Elisa Bolognini and starring Kanō Kyōko and Maria Cocchiarella Arismendi.

Set in Italy, it tells the story of an inhibited young woman from a small Italian town who discovers passion and sexuality when she meets a free-spirited and glamorous Japanese woman.