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The Bread, My Sweet

In Italian a good man is a piece of bread.

★ 5.4 (12 votes) | 2001 | 1h 45m
DramaRomance
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?

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date April 21, 2001
  • Budget $600,000
  • Revenue $1,023,156

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