Bread and Chocolate

Like many southern Europeans of the period (1960s to early 1970s), Nino Garofalo (Nino Manfredi) is a migrant "Gastarbeiter" from Ciociaria, 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 woman. Then he befriends an Italian industrialist, relocated to Switzerland because of financial problems. The industrialist takes him under his wing, only to commit suicide when he squanders his last savings. Nino is constrained to find shelter with a group of clandestine Neapolitans living in a chicken coop, together with the same chickens they tend to in order to survive. Captivated by the idyllic vision of a group of young blonde, Swiss youths, he decides to dye his hair and pass himself off as a local. In a bar, when rooting for the Italian national football team during its transmission, he is found out after Goal celebration scored by Fabio Capello. He is arrested and deported. He embarks on a train and finds himself in a cabin filled with returning Italian guest workers. Amid the songs of "sun" and "sea", he is seen having second thoughts. He gets off at the first stop: better life as an illegal immigrant than a life of misery.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 65722
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide May 5, 1974
  • Runtime 110 minutes
  • Genres Comedy Drama
  • Original Country Italy
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages English German Greek Italian
  • Production Company Verona Produzione
  • Production Countries Italy
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  • Box Office Worldwide $0 US $0
  • Award Nominations César Awards, Best Foreign Film, 1978
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