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7.6/10   508 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Franco Brusati (writer)
Jaja Fiastri (dialogue)
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Release Date:
29 January 1976 (Hungary) more
Genre:
Tagline:
You'll Laugh Till Your Heart Breaks
Plot:
Italian immigrant tries to become a member of Swiss society but fails as a waiter and even as a chicken plucker... more | add synopsis
Awards:
8 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Moving and brilliant bitter comedy! more (18 total)

Cast

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Nino Manfredi ... Nino Garofalo
Johnny Dorelli ... Italian Industrialist
Anna Karina ... Elena
Paolo Turco ... Gianni
Ugo D'Alessio ... Old Man
Tano Cimarosa ... Giacomo
Gianfranco Barra ... The Turk
Giorgio Cerioni ... Police Inspector
Francesco D'Adda ... Rudiger
Geoffrey Copleston ... Boegli
Federico Scrobogna ... Grigory
Max Delys ... Renzo
Umberto Raho ... Maitre
Nelide Giammarco ... The Blonde
Manfred Freyberger ... Lo svizzero sportivo
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bread and Chocolate (USA)
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Runtime:
100 min | Switzerland:112 min (Locarno Film Festival)
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Moving and brilliant bitter comedy!, 11 October 1999
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Author: radlov from Luxembourg

This movie brilliantly and movingly, but always with a lot of irony, describes the plight of an Italian migrant laborer in Switzerland. Some scenes are among the best in the history of cinema.

A group of migrant laborers are doing some filthy work in a ramshackle barn. Through a small window they see some beautiful young Swiss adolescents riding on horse back. These youngsters look like gods compared to the poor ants in the barn!

In another scene the hero of the film has been trying very hard for some time to assimilate, to become even more Swiss then the Swiss themselves. But he can't suppress his deep feelings of identity for ever. One day he enters a pub and watches a soccer match between Italy and Switzerland. At a certain moment he can't control himself any more and starts shouting to encourage the Italian team. He makes such a nuisance of himself that the Swiss throw him out.

Utterly brilliant!

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