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Bread And Chocolate
''Bread and Chocolate'' ( it, Pane e cioccolata) is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Franco Brusati. This film chronicles the misadventures of an Italian immigrant to Switzerland and is representative of the ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre. Plot Like many southern Europeans of the period (1960s to early 1970s), Nino Garofalo (Nino Manfredi) is a migrant "Gastarbeiter, guest worker" from Italy, working as a waiter in Switzerland. He loses his work permit when he is caught urinating in public, so he begins to lead a clandestine life in Switzerland. At first he is supported by Elena, a Greeks, Greek woman and political refugee. Then he is befriended by an Italian industrialist, relocated to Switzerland because of financial problems. The industrialist takes him under his wing and invests his savings for him, but kills himself after his financial scheme collapses, without having told Nino where he deposited his savings. Nino is constrained to find shelter with a group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Brusati
Franco Brusati (4 August 1922 in Milan – 28 February 1993 in Rome) was an Italian screenwriter and Film director, director. Biography He directed the internationally commended film hit ''Bread and Chocolate'', one of the finest examples of Commedia all'italiana films in the 1970s. In 1979, his film ''To Forget Venice'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. In Italy, the film was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Film. In 1983, Brusati was a member of the jury at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography References External linksOfficial website* *[https://books.google.com/books?id=t7WVhymRPZEC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=where+did+franco+brusati+go+to+university&source=bl&ots=3Jtwm2S94Y&sig=ACfU3U3VeUlcGkqmTGD5hRdXotR33kXaMA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqx_fXooHuAhVH2qwKHfySATQ4ChDoATAIegQICBAC#v=onepage&q=where%20did%20franco%20brusati%20go%20to%20university&f=false Twentieth-century Italian L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |