Cher er et komisk talent, sensuel og enestående smuk som Loretta, en italiensk enke, der er "uheldig i kærlighed", men finder kærligheden, da månen over Manhattan pludselig blander sig. Få uger før hun skal giftes med en god ven, møder og forelsker Loretta sig håbløst i hans yngre bror (Nicolas Cage)! Hendes dilemma kombineret med en lidenskabelig og afsindigt excentrisk familie gør det her til en uforglemmelig film. Lad dig forføre af den lunefulde månes fantastiske energi i denne fortryllende romantiske komedie af instruktøren Norman Jewison (Only You og In the Heat of the Night) og den Oscar-vindende John Patrick Shanley. Oscar-vinderen Cher, Nicolas Cage og Olympia Dukakis overgår sig selv i denne hylende skægge historie, hvor du også kan opleve enestående skuespilpræstationer fra Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia og Frasier's John Mahoney.
I 1996 slog skuespilleren Stanley Tucci sig sammen med kollegaen Campbell Scott for at instruere sin første spillefilm. Resultatet blev denne historie om brødrene Primo (Tony Shalhoub) og Secondo (Tucci), der driver en lille italiensk restaurant i ægte italiensk stil. Desværre har de ingen kunder, så for at redde stedet satser de alt på en enkelt aften, hvor de serverer et storslået måltid for nogle udvalgte gæster.
Natalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the two then begin dreaming about each other. But, according to fountain mythology, they only have a week to turn those dreams into reality.
Teresa is a young widow who is concentrated on her little business until she hires Gino.
Jack Lemmon og Walter Matthau fortsætter hvor de slap med deres fiskestænger, og haler endnu en vinder i land med Gnavne Gamle Mænd 2. Ann-Margret, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollack og Burgess Meredith optræder igen i deres vante roller. Og Sophia Loren spiller tilflytteren, hvis planer om at forvandle byens elskede fiskeudstyrsbutik til en ristorante, får gutterne til at gå op i en spids.
In the summer of 1982, as all of Staten Island anticipates the opening of a blockbuster boxing movie, an Italian-American family must confront its greatest challenges.
In order to recreate a picture taken in 1974, during the inauguration of São Paulo subway, Pedro meets two school friends he had not seen for 40 years. If their existential crises, ageing and (astray) ways were not enough, Pedro announces, to everyone's surprise, he intends to take his own life — even though not before he sees his soccer team win a championship.
A waiter is instructed by his boss to spy on the latter's woman with a camera and to catch her committing adultery.
After a botched robbery, a local crime syndicate sends a rookie enforcer to take care of a loose end. When the hit goes sideways and his civilian girlfriend ends up missing, her brother, Rodd, a mild-mannered guidance counselor, conducts an exhaustive search through the city to find her. With the support of a martial artist instructor, Bruce, the pair consistently becomes overwhelmed by a violent outfit of criminals looking to silence them. However, Rodd has a mysterious and dangerous past of his own, and with the help of his friend, they formulate a plan to take on the organization in this nail-biting action thriller.
Short - A godfather in the Mafia comes to have dinner in a trendy Italian restaurant. Faithful to his customs, he orders a calzone. In his great surprise, he does not find egg there inside. Mad with rage, he sends his two right hands to settle the situation in the kitchen. Be terrorized, the chef and his dumb apprentice, they learn that the problem comes from the hen Nuggets which, victim of a depression, refuses to lay. Numbers of dance, theater, intimidation, everything is good to obtain the saving egg.
A look at the life of chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich both on and off the screen as she celebrates 25 years on public television.
With humor, insight, and compassion, this documentary shares the journey of two Italian brothers who have run a successful restaurant for over 40 years, the sacrifices they’ve made for their children, and what it means to immigrants when they fulfill the American Dream.