CinemaOSMovie · 2001 · 1h 45m · PG-13

The Bread, My Sweet

In Italian a good man is a piece of bread.

55%(13)IMDbDramaRomance

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?

Directed byMelissa Martin

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
EN
Released
April 21, 2001
Budget
$600,000
Revenue
$1,023,156

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Scott Baio

Scott Baio

Dominic

Kristin Minter

Kristin Minter

Lucca

Rosemary Prinz

Bella

Shuler Hensley

Shuler Hensley

Pino

John Seitz

John Seitz

Massimo

Billy Mott

Billy Mott

Eddie

Adrienne Wehr

Adrienne Wehr

Tamela

Jennifer Martin

Maude

Rose Bray

Rose

John Bechtol

Jeffrey

Creative team
Directed by
Melissa Martin
Written by
Melissa Martin
Produced by
Adrienne Wehr
Adrienne Wehr
Melissa Martin

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