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Bread and Chocolate
Also known as Pane e cioccolata
1974 film by Franco Brusati
Film · TMDB
7.2An 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?
Released: 1974-05-05115 minDir: Franco BrusatiComedy, Drama
Cast
- Nino Manfredi as Giovanni 'Nino' Garofoli
- Johnny Dorelli as Italian Industrialist
- Anna Karina as Elena
- Paolo Turco as Gianni
- Ugo D'Alessio as Pietro
- Tano Cimarosa as Gigi
Themes
- immigrant
- worker
- switzerland
- hardship
- xenophobia
- foreigners
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1974 comedy-drama films1974 English-language films1974 films1974 German-language films1974 Italian films1974 Italian-language films1974 multilingual filmsCinema International Corporation filmsCommedia all'italianaEnglish-language comedy-drama filmsFilms about immigrationFilms directed by Franco Brusati