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      Bread and Chocolate

      1974 1h 51m Comedy List
      100% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 85% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Ever-bumbling Nino (Nino Manfredi) is an illegal Italian immigrant working in a Swiss hotel. Waiting on the wealthy, he feels as if he's carved out his own place in paradise. When he loses his job after being arrested for urinating in public, Nino is desperate to stay in the country. He goes into hiding, ends up living in a chicken shack and eventually decides to dye his hair blonde and pass himself off as a German. However, Nino grows to have doubts about hiding his heritage and identity. Read More Read Less

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      Tom Huhn Washington Blade Although it is not an especially memorable movie, Bread and Chocolate is quite good as entertainment. May 20, 2022 Full Review Richard Corliss Maclean's Magazine Bread and Chocolate provides a yeasty, semisweet couple of hours at the movies -- no mean accomplishment these days. Jul 19, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 2, 2005 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 4/5 Aug 22, 2003 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 3/5 Dec 30, 2002 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Odd, entertaining little film Rated: 4/5 Jul 30, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve C Funny and poignant film about an Italian immigrant trying to survive working odd jobs in Switzerland. There are moments of slapstick followed by scenes of heartbreak; the chicken coop scene will have you laughing one moment, then almost bring you to tears (the Bizet Sinfonia score is unforgettable!). Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Wonderful comedy/tragedy of an Italian's experience in Switzerland Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A dramatic comedy. Typical Italian. It will make you laugh sometimes but not a lot. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member a gem of a picture Way back in 1985, my then girlfriend insists I watch a movie playing on television. As it was the beginning of our relationship, I consented. And I was amazed how much I loved it. Not just because I'm 2nd generation Italian and a raging closet Marxist, and not just because I laughed harder than I ever had or ever have since (just wait for the chicken coop scene), but mostly because this is a poignant (ridiculously funny and terribly sad) movie about cultural identity, envy and the struggle for personal fulfilment. What surprises me is how difficult this movie is to find. Until recently, I've only since seen it in VHS without English subs at a video store in Little Italy. Finally this year I found a DVD rip on the web. I watched it again to see how it holds up. While there is a bit of sentimental drag in parts, it's still a gem of a picture and still holds up after 37 years. Nino Manfredi was marvellous. Anna Karina was sublime. The plot was wildly adventurous. The illegal immigrant experience is just as relevant. And the chicken coop scene still had me LMAO. You'll love it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member I feel like I missed many cultural references and so I don't quite find it as funny as it's supposed to be. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review kevin w From 1974 this Italian piece plays at first like several skits from the old Saturday Night Live or even (going further back) the Carol Burnett Show, but soon you realise these light seeming comic moments have a heart and a soul as we follow one immigrant's journey to belong in a land of wealth and promise. Better than even its own beginning ... which might be on purpose. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Ever-bumbling Nino (Nino Manfredi) is an illegal Italian immigrant working in a Swiss hotel. Waiting on the wealthy, he feels as if he's carved out his own place in paradise. When he loses his job after being arrested for urinating in public, Nino is desperate to stay in the country. He goes into hiding, ends up living in a chicken shack and eventually decides to dye his hair blonde and pass himself off as a German. However, Nino grows to have doubts about hiding his heritage and identity.
      Director
      Franco Brusati
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Aug 22, 2006
      Runtime
      1h 51m