Bread and Chocolate

Bread and Chocolate

You'll Laugh Till Your Heart Breaks

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Release Date

5/5/1974

Runtime

115 mins

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?

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A darkly funny portrait of an immigrant's grinding struggle to belong in a place that refuses him, balancing tragicomic resilience with the creeping weight of systemic rejection.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetWistful

Themes

MigrationIdentityClass

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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Bread and Chocolate (1974) directed by Franco Brusati | FirstCinema