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For married filmmaking duo Stephen Chbosky and Liz Maccie, their upcoming project, Nonnas, was written in the stars.
The dramedy tells the true story of Jody “Joe” Scaravella (played by Vince Vaughn, pictured above), an MTA employee stuck in a dead-end job who turns to generations-old Italian recipes after he loses his beloved mother, who, along with his late grandmother, cultivated his love of food as a young boy. With help from his best friend Bruno (Joe Manganiello), Joe uses the money from his mother’s inheritance to open up a local Italian joint, Enoteca Maria, to honor her memory, but with a twist: He’ll only staff grandmothers — “nonnas,” in Italian — to cook up nostalgic recipes. Just writing this is making me hungry! Get more of the story here.
