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| Directed by | Luigi Comencini |
| Produced by | Marcello Girosi |
| Written by | Luigi Comencini Ettore Margadonna |
| Starring | Vittorio De Sica Gina Lollobrigida |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
| Cinematography | Arturo Gallea |
| Editing by | Mario Serandrei |
| Distributed by | Titanus (Italy) I.F.E. Releasing Corporation (USA) |
| Release date(s) | December 22, 1953 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Bread, Love and Dreams (Italian: Pane, amore e fantasia) is a 1953 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award.[1]
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Vittorio De Sica plays the middle-aged marshal Antonio Carotenuto of the Carabinieri in a remote fictional Italian mountain village named Sagliena (actually the village of Castel San Pietro Romano, in Lazio). He's anxious to marry, and selects young Gina Lollobrigida as his bride; but she is already in love with De Sica's shy subordinate Roberto Risso. Mistaking her headstrong behavior as promiscuity, De Sica makes advances towards her, but she spurns him. Forsaking the girl to the arms of Risso, De Sica decides to settle for village midwife Marisa Merlini. Things become more complicated when Annarella, the midwife, starts demonstrating her love to Antonio. She is hiding a secret and the Marshal soon will be in a difficult situation.
Pane, amore e fantasia is usually considered the most famous example of Pink neorealism.
The film contains what many critics regard as Gina Lollobrigida's best and most naturalistic performance. The film's popularity resulted in two sequels, both with Lollobrigida: Pane, amore e gelosia (US title: Frisky) and the open-ended Pane, amore e... (English title: Scandal in Sorrento).
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