Brown Bread Sandwiches

A 1957 period piece about Italian immigrants in Toronto.

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini

as Alberto

Lina Sastri

as Giulia Buonanotte

Kim Cattrall

as Eva

Kim Coates

as Bruno

Daniel De Santo

as Michelangelo

Ilse von Glatz

as Ingrid

Tony Nardi

as Rogero

Wendy Lyon

as Miss Walsh

Justin Louis

as Fiorello

Olivia Lake

as Padua

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