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Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)

Bread, Love and Dreams poster
Original title
Pane, amore e fantasia
Directed by
Luigi Comencini
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
6
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 183 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged marshal gets assigned to a small Italian town and finds himself caught between the attentions of the local midwife and a younger woman. The story follows his romantic complications and the town's colorful reactions.

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What happens

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. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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