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In a flashback, the young version of Joe Scaravella, the film’s protagonist, is sent out to the neighborhood Italian bakery to pick up ingredients for Sunday dinner.

Grief turns into inspiration in Nonnas, a heartwarming comedy where Joe Scaravella channels his loss into love. Opening an Italian restaurant, he recruits real grandmothers as chefs, serving up ...

Vince Vaughn stars as Joe Scaravella, a grieving man determined to honor the memory of his late mother by opening a restaurant with Italian grandmothers as the chefs, in this wholesome and engaging ...

Two films opened in May that are enjoying some success, the first, “Nonnas,” for its subject and the second, “The Fountain of Youth,” for its cast. “Nonnas,” with Vince Vaughn in the lead, is based on ...

“It tells the story of a man named Joe who opens an Italian restaurant, with grandmothers (Nonnas) as chefs, to honor his late mother,” the review reads. “Inspired by the real-life story of Jody ...

What Makes it Worth Seeing? “Nonnas” is a beautiful tribute to the restaurant that Scaravella has owned and operated since 2007. The story is touching, and from the start, you want Joe to succeed.

“Nonnas” was directed by Stephen Chbosky (“Perks of Being a Wallflower”) working off a script by Liz Maccie, whom he is married to, and based on the true story of a New Yorker named Joe Scaravella ...