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The Bread, My Sweet
“In Italian a good man is a piece of bread.”
5.5 / 10• 2001• 1h 45m•PG-13• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
Dominic works round the clock: nights making biscotti for his family's bakery in a working-class Italian neighborhood in Pittsburgh, then days downtown where he's a specialist in firing people at a company that negotiates mergers. He's thrown for a loop with he learns that Bella, an elderly neighbor who's his family's closest friend, has but a few months to live. All her life, she's saved money in coffee cans for her daughter, Lucca's, wedding, but Lucca is off in foreign lands, initially as a Peace Corps volunteer, and doesn't need a man. Dominic vows to bring Lucca home and convince her to marry him to fulfill Bella's most fervent wish. What will Lucca say?
Cast & Crew
Scott Baio
Dominic
Lead
Kristin Minter
Lucca
RP
Rosemary Prinz
Bella
Shuler Hensley
Pino
John Seitz
Massimo
Billy Mott
Eddie
Adrienne Wehr
Tamela
JM
Jennifer Martin
Maude
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Melissa Martin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Bread, My Sweet is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
