Bread and Chocolate

Bread and Chocolate

110 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 5, 1974

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?

Bread and Chocolate

110 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 5, 1974

Bread and Chocolate
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?
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Verona Produzione
Original title Pane e cioccolata
Directors Francesco Lessona, Laura Currelli, Rinaldo Ricci, Franco Brusati
Writers Jaja Fiastri, Franco Brusati, Nino Manfredi

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

Max Delys

as Renzo