Bread and Chocolate
Pane e cioccolata
1974, Film, 100 min, Comedy, Drama, Italian, Italy, MoviePedia score 68
You'll Laugh Till Your Heart Breaks
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?
Directed by Franco Brusati
Cast
- Nino Manfredi as Giovanni 'Nino' Garofoli
- Anna Karina as Elena
- Paolo Turco as Gianni
- Ugo D'Alessio as Pietro
- Tano Cimarosa as Gigi
- Gianfranco Barra as The Turk
- Giorgio Cerioni as Police Inspector
- Francesco D'Adda as Rudiger
- Geoffrey Copleston as Boegli
- Federico Scrobogna as Grigory
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