Cinema
Bread and Chocolate
Pane e cioccolata
Franco Brusati · 1974
Synopsis
Nino, a southern Italian, works as a waiter in Switzerland. Caught urinating against a wall, he loses his permit and has to leave the country, but he chooses to stay without papers. Elena, a Greek political exile who lives near him, takes him in; then an Italian industrialist, who has settled in Switzerland to escape the tax authorities, takes him into his service, and Nino entrusts him with all his savings.
Context
Jaja Fiastri and Nino Manfredi, who plays the lead, wrote the screenplay with the director; the cinematography is by Luciano Tovoli. Johnny Dorelli plays the industrialist, Anna Karina the Greek exile. The film is spoken in Italian, German and English. It was shown at the Berlin festival in 1974 and was not released in the United States until 1978. Italian sources date it to 1973, the others to 1974, the year of its prizes.
Who it is for
Over an hour and a half. A comedy about Italian emigration to Switzerland, carried by Nino Manfredi.
Prizes and reception
Silver Bear at Berlin and David di Donatello for best film in 1974; best foreign film prize from the New York critics in 1978.
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