The Bread, My Sweet (2001)

  • PG-13
  • 04/21/2001 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 45m

In Italian a good man is a piece of bread.

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?

Melissa Martin

Director, Writer

Cast

Scott Baio's headshot

Scott Baio

Dominic
Kristin Minter's headshot

Kristin Minter

Lucca
Rosemary Prinz's headshot

Rosemary Prinz

Bella
Shuler Hensley's headshot

Shuler Hensley

Pino
John Seitz's headshot

John Seitz

Massimo
Billy Mott's headshot

Billy Mott

Eddie
Adrienne Wehr's headshot

Adrienne Wehr

Tamela
Jennifer Martin's headshot

Jennifer Martin

Maude

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