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The Bread, My Sweet (2001)

Movie"In Italian a good man is a piece of bread."
Audience Score
54
PG-13 1 hr 45 minApr 21st, 2001Drama, Romance
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?
DirectorMelissa Martin
WriterMelissa Martin

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 21st, 2001
On DVD & Blu-ray:February 3rd, 2004 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$600,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$1,023,156 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:William C. Hulley
Movie Tags:
woman director