{"id":16489,"date":"2011-04-01T13:29:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T20:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16489"},"modified":"2021-01-29T01:33:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T08:33:10","slug":"bread-and-chocolate-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16489","title":{"rendered":"Bread and Chocolate (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Why do the foreigners dislike us Italians so much?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Poster-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Poster-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Poster-81x128.jpg 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn Italian immigrant (Nino Manfredi) struggles to earn a living in Switzerland.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Immigrants and Immigration<\/li>\n<li>Italian Films<\/li>\n<li>Race Relations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWriter\/director Franco Brusati&#8217;s serio-comic rendering of the travails and prejudices experienced by immigrants in Switzerland is a mixed bag of missed opportunities and keenly felt insights. Brusati is at his best when portraying the palpably felt hierarchy between &#8220;Aryan&#8221; Swiss and &#8220;others&#8221; &#8212; most memorably in a truly hilarious montage showcasing a bevy of blonde teenagers cavorting idyllically on the grounds outside of a chicken coop, where Manfredi and his dark-haired compatriots are being housed like animals.  Other vignettes, however &#8212; including much of what occurs during Nino&#8217;s initial employment as a waiter at a high-end resort &#8212; fall mostly flat, and fail to generate the type of humor they&#8217;re aiming for. Meanwhile, Nino&#8217;s would-be romance with a Greek neighbor (Anna Karina) has potential but doesn&#8217;t really go anywhere; it seems calculated merely to include some &#8220;necessary&#8221; romantic tension, and to remind us that life is tough for ALL immigrants in Switzerland, not just Italians. Film fanatics will probably be curious to check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070506\/awards\">award-winning<\/a> film, and it&#8217;s worth a look &#8212;  but it&#8217;s not required viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nino Manfredi as Nino<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Manfredi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Manfredi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Manfredi.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Manfredi-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Manfredi-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Several inspired sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Blondes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Blondes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Blondes.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Blondes-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bread-and-Chocolate-Blondes-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look. Listed as a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070506\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1978\/07\/14\/archives\/four-movies-two-for-children-and-two-from-abroad-openscreen-bread.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2089&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/bread-and-chocolate\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Why do the foreigners dislike us Italians so much?&#8221; Synopsis: An Italian immigrant (Nino Manfredi) struggles to earn a living in Switzerland. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Immigrants and Immigration Italian Films Race Relations Review: Writer\/director Franco Brusati&#8217;s serio-comic rendering of the travails and prejudices experienced by immigrants in Switzerland is a mixed bag of missed opportunities and keenly felt insights. Brusati is at his best when portraying the palpably felt hierarchy between &#8220;Aryan&#8221; Swiss and &#8220;others&#8221; &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16489\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66708,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16489\/revisions\/66708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}