Bread and Chocolate (1974)
1h 50m
Running Time
May 5, 1974Release Date
Plot.
An Italian immigrant tries to make a new life in Switzerland, taking on a series of increasingly menial jobs in order to do it. He attempts to fit into his new home and society but fails at every turn. Unable to go home again, will his tenacity and optimism be enough to live on?
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Cast & Crew.
Nino Manfredi
Giovanni 'Nino' Garofoli / Screenplay
Johnny Dorelli
Italian Industrialist
Anna Karina
Elena
Paolo Turco
Gianni
Ugo D'Alessio
Pietro
Tano Cimarosa
Gigi
Gianfranco Barra
The turk
Giorgio Cerioni
Police Inspector
Francesco D'Adda
Rudiger
Umberto Raho
Jacques, the Maitre
Geoffrey Copleston
Boegli
Federico Scrobogna
Grigory
Max Delys
Renzo
Giorgio Dolfin
Paolo
Nelide Giammarco
The Blonde
Franco Brusati
Director / Story / Screenplay
Luciano Tovoli
Director of Photography
Turi Vasile
Executive Producer
Romano Albani
Camera Operator
Bruno Cesari
Set Decoration
Michele Picciaredda
First Assistant Camera
Roberto Arcangeli
Foley Artist
Daniele Patucchi
Original Music Composer
Nino Cristiani
Camera Operator
Franco Bassi
Sound Mixer
Guido Patrizio
Costume Design
Maurizio Lodi-Fè
Producer
Adalberto Spadoni
Administration
Paolo Biagetti
Assistant Production Design
Rinaldo Ricci
First Assistant Director
Laura Currelli
Script Supervisor
Lino Messina
Sound Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 5, 1974
Original NamePane e cioccolata
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
switzerland
worker
immigrant
hardship
xenophobia
foreigners
Wiki.
Bread and Chocolate (Italian: Pane e cioccolata) is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Franco Brusati. This film chronicles the misadventures of an Italian immigrant to Switzerland and is representative of the commedia all'italiana film genre. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."
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