The Bread, My Sweet

The Bread, My Sweet (2001)

In Italian a good man is a piece of bread.

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 2001-04-21
  • User Rating: 5.4/10 from 12 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 45min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Melissa Martin
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Summary

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?

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  • Scott Baio

    as Dominic
  • Kristin Minter

    as Lucca
  • Rosemary Prinz

    as Bella
  • Shuler Hensley

    as Pino
  • John Seitz

    as Massimo
  • Billy Mott

    as Eddie
  • Adrienne Wehr

    as Tamela
  • Jennifer Martin

    as Maude
  • Rose Bray

    as Rose
  • John Bechtol

    as Jeffrey
  • Jody O'Donnell

    as Preston
  • Marty Sheets

    as Liz
  • Nancy Bach

    as Second Doctor
  • John Amplas

    as Jimmy
Writing Melissa Martin Writer
Sound Susan Hartford Original Music Composer
Production Adrienne Stern Casting
Art Paul Bucciarelli Production Design
Directing Melissa Martin Director
Production Adrienne Wehr Producer
Editing Chuck Aikman Editor
Production Melissa Martin Producer
Art Smith Harper Hutchings Set Decoration
Production William C. Hulley Executive Producer

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