The Bread, My Sweet (2001)

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Released:
2001-04-21

Overview:
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?

Director:
Melissa Martin

Runtime:
1h 45min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

  • Cast:
  • Scott Baio
    as
    Dominic
  • Kristin Minter
    as
    Lucca
  • Rosemary Prinz
    as
    Bella
  • Shuler Hensley
    as
    Pino
  • John Seitz
    as
    Massimo