I saw this charming Italian comedy the other night on YouTube projected on my big screen and tried to imagine some of the thoughts that ran through audiences’ minds who saw it for the first time in Italian movie theaters in the early 60’s. [youtube width=”615″ height=”470″]http://youtu.be/uxzYEqxrZHE[/youtube] Complete film I guess it reminded me of… Continue reading Gli Anni Ruggenti – Roaring Years (Luigi Zampa – 1962)
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Pane e cioccolata – Bread and Chocolate (Franco Brussati – 1974)
In this film, director Franco Brusati brings to life a common theme in 70’s cinema, packaged in commedia all’italiana film genre ; the struggle to find your own identity in a foreign land. It’s a universal theme we can find in today’s challenges of immigrants. Idyllic park scene where poor Nino eats his sandwich: a bread… Continue reading Pane e cioccolata – Bread and Chocolate (Franco Brussati – 1974)