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Bread, Love and Dreams

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Bread, Love and Andalucia

Original title

Pane, amore e fantasia

Year

1953

Running time

92 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Luigi Comencini

Screenwriter

Luigi Comencini, Ettore M. Margadonna

Cast

Music

Alessandro Cicognini

Cinematography

Arturo Gallea (B&W)

Producer

Titanus

Genre

Comedy

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Synopsis

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida ("La Lollo") had been in a number of smaller films before this 1953 blockbuster catapulted her to international fame. The success of this rustic comedy spawned a sequel a year later: PANE AMORE E GELOSIA or "FRISKY. In BREAD LOVE AND DREAMS Gina plays Maria De Ritis, called "Pizzicarella la Bersagliera" or "Frisky" in the distributor's translation. She is a feisty country girl in southern Italy's Ciociaria area. During the course of the film she is pursued by the town's new "maresciallo" (local police chief), a lewd and lascivious woman-chaser played as only Vittorio De Sica could play lewd and lascivious, that is with great delight. At the same time Lollo is being flirtatious with the newly arrived young police officer from the north. Amorous complications ensue in what is essentially a modernized "commedia dell'arte" piece with performers of enormous appeal. The cast also includes Marisa Merlini as the midwife the maresciallo has an eye on as well. And there's the unique and marvelous character actress Tina Pica in a smaller role. Luigi Comencini directed both this film and its immediate sequel, which has much of the same cast, with great gusto.

Awards: 1954: Oscar: Nominated for Best Story

1954: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear

1954: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film and Foreign Actress (Lollobrigida)

1954: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Foreign Lenguage Film

1954: National Board of Review: Top Best Foreign Films

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Bread, Love and Dreams

1953

Luigi Comencini

6.7

(1,206)