Bread and Chocolate 1974 123movies

Watch: Pane e cioccolata 1974 123movies, Full Movie Online – Italian immigrant tries to become a member of Swiss society but fails as a waiter and even as a chicken plucker. He then becomes involved with shady wealthy character and tries to hide his Italian identity. He refuses to give up no matter how awful his situation..
Plot: 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?
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Reviews:

It’s all in the title.
Great tale about the “joys” of being an immigrant in 70’s Switzerland and being rejected from their society for anything other than for labor.

It’s all in the title, no connection to the popular “pane e Stella” Italian snack here, rather the bread is a metaphor for the immigrants who have little choice but working abroad to put bread on their families table, while the chocolate refers to the luxury Swiss product and symbolizes that country’s wealth. It’s bread and chocolate as in rich and poor, as in eating for survival as opposed to eating for pleasure, as in immigrant and swiss, etc.

Saw it when I was 16!
This played at a suburban cinema in my town back in 1978 when I was in high school. Back then they were sneaking foreign films from the city into the suburbs hoping to broaden their audiences (it didn’t work). I remember fighting with the ticket lady to get in. It didn’t have a rating originally but the theatre gave it an R on its own. When I pointed out that that was illegal (I was bluffing–I have no idea if it was legal or not) she quickly gave me the ticket.

The movie wasn’t THAT bad–there’s only some pretty tame female nudity here and there. As the rest of the content I have never forgotten the first scene when the main character is in a beautiful forest enjoying the sunshine and birds–and then comes upon the bloody mutilated body of a little girl. The juxtaposition of beauty and horror shocked me and that scene has never left me. That aside I found the film quite funny–I didn’t try to understand what it was about. Back then I loved movies (and still do) and just saw anything I could see. The chicken coop sequence was uproarious and I found the waterfall sequence with the nude teenagers quite beautiful. I haven’t seen this film since 1978 (that’s when it opened in the U.S.) and I’m afraid to. I don’t think it will live up to my memories. Still, if you get a chance, I do recommend this movie.

Other Information:

Original Language it
Runtime 1 hr 40 min (100 min), 1 hr 56 min (116 min) (Italy), 1 hr 52 min (112 min) (Locarno) (Switzerland), 1 hr 50 min (110 min) (DVD) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Franco Brusati
Writer Franco Brusati, Jaja Fiastri, Nino Manfredi
Actors Nino Manfredi, Anna Karina, Paolo Turco
Country Italy
Awards 10 wins & 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technospes S.p.a., Roma, Italy
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm