Bread, Love and Dreams
- Original title
- Pane, amore e fantasia
- Year
- 1953
- Running time
- 92 min.
- Country
- Italy
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Vittorio De Sica
- Gina Lollobrigida
- Roberto Risso
- Marisa Merlini
- Virgilio Riento
- Maria Pia Casilio
- Tina Pica
- Memmo Carotenuto
- Guglielmo Barnabò
- Nino Vingelli
- Vittoria Crispo
- Gigi Reder
- Mario Meniconi
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- Music
- Cinematography
Arturo Gallea (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy
- Movie Groups
- Bread, Love and...
- 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
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1954: Oscar: Nominated for Best Story1954: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear1954: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film and Foreign Actress (Lollobrigida)1954: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Foreign Lenguage Film1954: National Board of Review: Top Best Foreign Films
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