Rating: 
Summary: Satire about "Guest Arbeiter" to Switzlnd/Germany 1950's-60'
Review: A wonderfull portrait of workers emigrating from Spain & Italy to richer,job open countries in Northern Europe. The idiocincracies they had to face along with the type of work available to them. Behavior,culture-shock,clash etc. Nino Manfredi is supperb as an Italian worker in Switzerland. Remember when your mother would say at the dinner table eat it children are starving in Europe? well that's the point and workers had to go to other lands to find jobs and work and send the money home to their families.Funny but very poingnant, a good history reference for European Culture of the 50's and early 60's. Excelent movie. I highly recommended.
Rating:
Summary: Satire about "Guest Arbeiter" to Switzlnd/Germany 1950's-60'
Review: About an Italian immigrant worker in Switzerland. Through almost no fault of his own, things keep going from bad to worse, but he perserves through it all. Enjoyable for 12 years and up, wont hurt younger viewers.
Rating:
Summary: A wonderful comedy in the vein of Chaplin's "little tramp."
Review: About an Italian immigrant worker in Switzerland. Through almost no fault of his own, things keep going from bad to worse, but he perserves through it all. Enjoyable for 12 years and up, wont hurt younger viewers.
Rating:
Summary: Impossibility overwhelms the dream
Review: Although all performances are beautifully done, Nino Manfredi demonstrates an awesome level of acting skill that draws the audience into the midst of his trials and laughable tribulations. The best comment I ever read by a reviewer of this film (many years ago)was: "You'll laugh 'til your heart breaks." And so it goes. Don't miss it!!!
Rating:
Summary: Impossibility overwhelms the dream
Review: Although all performances are beautifully done, Nino Manfredi demonstrates an awesome level of acting skill that draws the audience into the midst of his trials and laughable tribulations. The best comment I ever read by a reviewer of this film (many years ago)was: "You'll laugh 'til your heart breaks." And so it goes. Don't miss it!!!
Rating: 
Summary: too much chocolate, not enough bread!
Review: BREAD: funny at points, the main actor was a sensitive and sympathetic character...at first at least... also the portrayal of a a man out of his country, out of his element struck a symbolic chord in me (= a person not at home in him/herself, not on a connected path, a lost soul out of joint) CHOCOLATE: the character went too far at being comedic and became a buffoon, so that it was hard to empathize with him...and at that point the story lost its symbolic strength. also, by the plot going over the top, becoming too wild and absurd, it lost its simple power and just became dull, frankly. i couldn't finish watching it.
Rating:
Summary: too much chocolate, not enough bread!
Review: BREAD: funny at points, the main actor was a sensitive and sympathetic character...at first at least... also the portrayal of a a man out of his country, out of his element struck a symbolic chord in me (= a person not at home in him/herself, not on a connected path, a lost soul out of joint) CHOCOLATE: the character went too far at being comedic and became a buffoon, so that it was hard to empathize with him...and at that point the story lost its symbolic strength. also, by the plot going over the top, becoming too wild and absurd, it lost its simple power and just became dull, frankly. i couldn't finish watching it.
Rating:
Summary: Great movie - AWFUL DVD!
Review: This film is as significant as it is delightful because it is even more relevant today than in the 1970s. Today, most of Europe is populated by immigrant workers from all parts of the continent and Africa. And there is still the same kind of pecking order (those of you who've seen the film forgive that pun!): The Swiss look down on Italians, North Italians look down on Southern Italians, they in turn look down on Turks etc. The film bravely laughs at all our cultural flaws and salutes them. And Nino Manfredi... what a gem! Part Charlie Chaplin and part Marcello Mastroianni, he's a wonderful blend of pathos and sweetness with just the right drop of vulgarity.
BUT...! Be forewarned, the DVD is the worst I've ever seen! The print they transferred is FULL of scratches, pops, and splices that chop off whole sentences. The light scenes are often washed out and the dark scenes are far too dark. And there are a number of occasions where the subtitles were lost in the white background. I can't imagine that they couldn't find a decent print of this film anywhere. Still, if you can't find a rental copy anywhere, it's still better to have even this awful version than no version at all.
Rating:
Summary: Great movie - AWFUL DVD!
Review: This film is as significant as it is delightful because it is even more relevant today than in the 1970s. Today, most of Europe is populated by immigrant workers from all parts of the continent and Africa. And there is still the same kind of pecking order (those of you who've seen the film forgive that pun!): The Swiss look down on Italians, North Italians look down on Southern Italians, they in turn look down on Turks etc. The film bravely laughs at all our cultural flaws and salutes them. And Nino Manfredi... what a gem! Part Charlie Chaplin and part Marcello Mastroianni, he's a wonderful blend of pathos and sweetness with just the right drop of vulgarity.
BUT...! Be forewarned, the DVD is the worst I've ever seen! The print they transferred is FULL of scratches, pops, and splices that chop off whole sentences. The light scenes are often washed out and the dark scenes are far too dark. And there are a number of occasions where the subtitles were lost in the white background. I can't imagine that they couldn't find a decent print of this film anywhere. Still, if you can't find a rental copy anywhere, it's still better to have even this awful version than no version at all.
Rating: 
Summary: Bread and Chocolate
Review: This is a great movie, about Italian immigrants in Switzerland. Any one who bought this DVD edition could tel me if it is in original language (Italian)? And which are the subtitles avaliable? Thanks.
| 
