I rented this film in approximately 1989-1991.  It was a foreign film (Italian, I believe).  All I really remember was that in the beginning, a young man and young woman who wish to get married run off to a different city or country by flying on a carpet or hot air ballon.  They later marry, have children and have some sort of business, possibly a bakery.  The movie required some suspension of disbelief, especially when they first "escape" on their magic carpet to get married.