Summaries

New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.

Primo and Secondo are two brothers who have emigrated from Italy to open an Italian restaurant in America. Primo is the irascible and gifted chef, brilliant in his culinary genius, but determined not to squander his talent on making the routine dishes that customers expect. Secondo is the smooth front-man, trying to keep the restaurant financially afloat, despite few patrons other than a poor artist who pays with his paintings. The owner of the nearby Pascal's restaurant, enormously successful (despite its mediocre fare), offers a solution, he will call his friend, a big-time jazz musician, to play a special benefit at their restaurant. Primo begins to prepare his masterpiece, a feast of a lifetime, for the brothers' big night.—Tad Dibbern <[email protected]>

New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers, Primo and Secondo, run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.—grantss

Details

Keywords
  • pursuit of american dream
  • italian restaurant
  • feast
  • reference to louis prima
  • timpano
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Sep 19, 1996
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English Italian
Filming locations 32 Broad Street, Keyport, New Jersey, USA
Production companies Rysher Entertainment Timpano Production

Box office

Budget $4100000
Gross US & Canada $12008376
Opening weekend US & Canada $185749
Gross worldwide $12009094

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 49m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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