This film is the follow-up to 2021’s Mascarpone, which I really enjoyed, so my expectations for the sequel were quite high. To recap, in the original, Antonio breaks up with his husband and moves in with a sex worker named Denis. Denis helps him land a job as an apprentice baker with Luca, leading to a romantic relationship that includes threesomes until Denis’s untimely death. The sequel picks up three years later. Now, Antonio has become a successful celebrity pastry chef and food influencer with a substantial Instagram following. He hasn’t seen Luca since Denis passed away, and his dating life has been lackluster as he focused on his career. One day, Luca walks into his café, and they reconnect. Luca has faced challenges over the past three years, losing his bakery but now thriving as a youth worker at an LGBTQ homeless refuge, engaged to his boyfriend Tancredi. Realizing he still has feelings for Luca, Antonio decides to sabotage Luca’s relationship with Tancredi to win him back. He proposes a business partnership to reopen Luca’s bakery, mistakenly interpreting Luca’s kindness as romantic interest. As things unfold, Antonio’s friends help him see that he’s becoming bitter and arrogant, jeopardizing a happy couple for his own desires. Ultimately, he recognizes the need to let go of the past and embrace the future. I remember noting in my review of the original that the cast was attractive, and that holds true here—both Antonio and Luca remain incredibly appealing. I wasn’t a fan of the actor playing Tancredi, but his character was significant…