Italian immigrant Nino steadfastly tries to become a member of Swiss Society no matter how awful his situation becomes.
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Title: Bread and Chocolate (1974)
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10 wins & 3 nominations.
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Cast
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| Nino Manfredi | ... | Giovanni 'Nino' Garofoli | |
| Paolo Turco | ... | Gianni | |
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Ugo D'Alessio | ... | Pietro |
| Tano Cimarosa | ... | Gigi | |
| Gianfranco Barra | ... | The Turk | |
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Giorgio Cerioni | ... | Police Inspector |
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Francesco D'Adda | ... | Rudiger |
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Geoffrey Copleston | ... | Boegli (as Geoffrey Copplestone) |
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Federico Scrobogna | ... | Grigory |
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Max Delys | ... | Renzo |
| Johnny Dorelli | ... | Italian Industrialist | |
| Anna Karina | ... | Elena | |
| Umberto Raho | ... | Jacques, il Maitre | |
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Nelide Giammarco | ... | The Blonde |
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Manfred Freyberger | ... | Swissman on Bar |
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Italian immigrant tries to become a member of Swiss society but fails as a waiter and even as a chicken plucker. He then becomes involved with shady wealthy character and tries to hide his Italian identity. He refuses to give up no matter how awful his situation. Written by Bill Smith <bsmith30@ix.netcom.com>
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Written Guido Patrizio (as G. Patrizio) and Daniele Patucchi (as D. Patrucchi)
Sung by Guido Patrizio
Orchestrated and directed by Daniele Patucchi
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"Bread and Chocolate" won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Film in 1978, four years after the films production, because the film wasn't released in America until 1978. See more »Goofs
When Nino attempts to revive his inert industrialist boss with coffee, he inadvertently switches on the massage feature of the bed, dousing himself, but he is splash-free when he leaves to fill an ice bucket with water and shown dripping with the coffee after he returns to the bedroom. See more »Quotes
Giovanni 'Nino' Garofoli: You're Italian, and I'm Italian. But is it enough to make us alike? Am I like you?See more »
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Sekt Mit SugarWritten Guido Patrizio (as G. Patrizio) and Daniele Patucchi (as D. Patrucchi)
Sung by Guido Patrizio
Orchestrated and directed by Daniele Patucchi
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ItalyRelease Date:
18 January 1974 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
Bread and Chocolate See more »Filming Locations:
Dear Studios, Rome, Lazio, ItalyCompany Credits
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This film about the struggles of an Italian immigrant in Switzerland generates bizarrely conflicting emotions; indeed at times you don't know whether to laugh or cry! I saw this years ago when I was at university and I expect it has dated in the sense that the status of immigrants has changed a lot since then. It may even be disquieting at times for those who have grown-up believing that they must never laugh at particular social groups, but the film is clearly sympathetic to those whose dignity is compromised daily by their circumstances of life. I defy anyone not to cry with laughter at the restaurant and chicken-coop scenes.