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Bread and Chocolate (1974)

Bread and Chocolate (1974)

Drama Comedy

You'll Laugh Till Your Heart Breaks

Release Date: 1974, May 5
Directors: Franco Brusati
Countries: Italy
Production: Verona Produzione
Cast: Tano Cimarosa, Gianfranco Barra, Umberto Raho, Nino Manfredi, Anna Karina, Johnny Dorelli, Francesco D'Adda, Geoffrey Copleston, Giorgio Cerioni, Giorgio Dolfin, Paolo Turco, Ugo D'Alessio

Overview:

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?

Keywords:

xenophobia immigrant worker foreigners switzerland hardship