Bread and Chocolate (1974)
Original title: Pane e cioccolata
Bread and Chocolate is a 1974 Italian-language comedy movie directed by Franco Brusati, with a running time of 1h 55m. It stars Nino Manfredi, Johnny Dorelli and Anna Karina.
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?
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
- Gianfranco Barra as The turk
- Giorgio Cerioni as Police Inspector
- Francesco D'Adda as Rudiger
- Umberto Raho as Jacques, the Maitre
- Geoffrey Copleston as Boegli
- Federico Scrobogna as Grigory