#CIBOS BAINBRIDGE MOVIE#

#CIBOS BAINBRIDGE MOVIE#

Going off that, one of the themes of the movie is the idea of sticking the traditions or taking a step forward with those traditions. There’s family recipes that we continue to make that remind us of people we’ve lost and those connections. Elizabeth is just desperately trying to keep her late husband’s restaurant afloat and she’s stuck in those ways because she feels that’s the only way to be connected after he’s passed and I think we all do that. For most cultures, especially Italians, the whole world revolves around our food, and the people that connect us to that food. I had an early peek at the movie and had to go get Italian for dinner afterward.

and, honestly, I went to Hallmark four years ago and now the world has changed so much since I first pitched it but I was so excited in October when all of the sudden, out of the blue, they called and said “remember that project that you pitched four years ago? Well, we’re going to make it and we’re going to start shooting it in six weeks!”

In the beginning, I wanted to do it at Food Network because that was my home but they did nothing scripted so I went to Hallmark. The passionate food and how it brings it together that feeling of warmth and positivity, and meaningful connections, family gatherings, traditions, all that stuff. The characters are the main drive of the story but the food plays a wonderful sort of, supporting actor I guess, of the storyline. I’ve been wanting to do these kinds of movies for a really, really long time. How did the whole ball got rolling on the film? Did Hallmark come to you or did you go to them? 'There were actually many references in the movie where I was supposed to be tone deaf, and I was actually thrilled.'ĭuring our chat with De Laurentiis, we found out how the movie got off the ground, whether the food we see in the film is from her own cookbooks, and just what it is about food and romance that is always a winning combination.

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