The Bread, My Sweet

2001 "In Italian a good man is a piece of bread."
6.5| 1h45m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 21 April 2001 Released
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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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Drama, Romance

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Melissa Martin

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The Bread, My Sweet Audience Reviews

Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Civsgirl This movie was recommended to me because I grew up in Pittsburgh and LOVE my hometown. It was wonderful to see the Strip District and the City filmed in such a beautiful way.Although the movie was sweet and heartwarming, the acting (especially in the beginning of the movie) was VERY stiff and wooden showing no chemistry between the brothers at all.My biggest complaint were the attempts at the accents of the Italian characters. BELLA'S ACCENT WAS MORE Russian THAN Italian. Scott Baio speaking Italian was more authentic than the accents and Italian words used by Bella and Massimo! It completely distracted me from truly enjoying the movie.I also felt they did not do enough to encourage the idea of Scott Baio as a corporate shark.A charming made for TV type movie and enjoyable for the whole family but with some flaws.
ktm7424 I have seen the movie 4 times and most of the women in my family have seen it and liked it as well. I was hesitant to watch it at first, but luckily got talked into it at the video store. Scott Baio was really good, and I wasn't expecting that. Rosemary Prinz played Bella beautifully. The loving banter between Massimo and Bella, was what you hope your marriage will be like after 40+ years. The rest of the cast of characters were sweet lovable people. It gave you the feel of a close knit Italian neighborhood. You definitely laugh and you also cry. I really found myself caring about the characters, their lives and their interactions with each other. I like the zest for life that they showed. It's a movie you can just sit back and enjoy as it comes. I would recommend it for mothers and daughters, or a girls night movie or just something to rent for yourself.
TCBowman1 This is a nice movie, it is surprisingly good. I feel Scott Baio gave a great performance that demonstrates that he should be doing bigger and better things. Kristin Minter is beautiful and it makes you wonder, where did she come from? Where have I seen her before? Where can I see her again? Rosemary Prinz is great playing the matriarch of the film. Her skills from daytime television make her performance seem almost effortless, yet touching. She is able to pull you into her performance and character with the look of her eyes. I feel that the film had a great supporting cast and great pacing of the film. Watch It!!! You will enjoy it.
Rebelrose161617 OK usually I am a horror,action,adventure, comedy, and drama kinda girl. Throw in a mafia movie shake and you have a perfect date especially if there is a lot of action ,voilence or murder, but this movie was one I rented on the sole reason of Scott Baio who I love when I was younger on Charles In Charge. I normally rent the lepercan series or something of the like and was never found in the romance section unless one of my boyfriends(there have been many over the years looking for a more romance night I guess you know why) dragged me over to get what they called a "chick Flick" . I could never understand what the appeal for those movies was . I was the anti-Chick when it came to movies but after seeing this movie with its simple Italian family and their kind neighbor downstairs in a bakery appealed to my family side especially since I am half Italian . It is the kind of movie that was a fairy tale in my Nonna's view before she died when I was three . Her idea of a fairy tale for me was to get married to a nice Italian boy and have a nice family .So this movie pulled at my heart strings. Rent it and keep an open mind. You never know you might love it.