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Bread, Love and Dreams

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When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".

Status: Released

Released Date: 1953-12-22

Runtime: 87 mins

Director: Luigi Comencini

Spoken language: Italiano

Genres: Romance, Comedy

Original title: Bread, Love and Dreams

Production Companies: Titanus

Production Countries: Italy

Cast

Maresciallo Carotenuto

Vittorio De Sica

Gina Lollobrigida

Marisa Merlini

Tina Pica

Maria Pia Casilio

Memmo Carotenuto

Roberto Risso

Virgilio Riento

Madre della Bersagliera

Vittoria Crispo

Guglielmo Barnabò

Gigi Reder

Mario Meniconi

Nino Vingelli

Checco Rissone

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Reviews

Geronimo1967

With a grandeur typical of much of the rest of this light-hearted romance, the new police chief "Antonio" (Vittorio De Sica) arrives at his new, rural, command on the bus. He has hardly hung up his hat before he takes a bit of a shine to "Bersagliera" (Gina Lollobrigida) who's nickname "Frisky" clearly demonstrates how totally unsuitable any relationship between the two might be. Anyway, she has her eyes on his dashing young sergeant (Roberto Risso). His life is further complicated when the local midwife "Annarella" (Marisa Merlini) begins to fall in love with him, unaware that she has a few secrets of her own that might compromise everything. It's quite difficult to précis the plot without making it look like a predictable soap-style love triangle, but the characterisations here and the quick-fired dialogue pack quite a lot into ninety minutes with Lollobrigida at her most natural in front of the camera. Except, that is, when they are on the bikes in front of what is clearly a moving background of somewhere completely different! There's plenty of chemistry here, some fun and the practically minded "Frisky" seems ultimately more bothered about her mule than either of her men. It's a film that slightly exaggerates normal village life, and at times is just a wee bit contrived, but it's still entertaining to watch.

2024-05-04

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