The Bread, My Sweet
In Italian a good man is a piece of bread.
2001 | 105m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Melissa Martin |
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| Writer: | Melissa Martin |
| Staring: |
| 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? | |
| Release Date: | Apr 21, 2001 |
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| Director: | Melissa Martin |
| Writer: | Melissa Martin |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | woman director |
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,023,156
Budget: $600,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Scott Baio | Dominic |
| Kristin Minter | Lucca |
| Rosemary Prinz | Bella |
| Shuler Hensley | Pino |
| John Seitz | Massimo |
| Billy Mott | Eddie |
| Adrienne Wehr | Tamela |
| Jennifer Martin | Maude |
| Rose Bray | Rose |
| John Bechtol | Jeffrey |
| Jody O'Donnell | Preston |
| Marty Sheets | Liz |
| Nancy Bach | Second Doctor |
| John Amplas | Jimmy |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Melissa Martin | Writer |
| Melissa Martin | Director |
| Susan Hartford | Original Music Composer |
| Paul Bucciarelli | Production Design |
| Chuck Aikman | Editor |
| Smith Harper Hutchings | Set Decoration |
| Adrienne Stern | Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William C. Hulley | Executive Producer |
| Melissa Martin | Producer |
| Adrienne Wehr | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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