Synopsis
Bread, Love and Dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia, 1953) — watch this Italian comedy classic online on iFILM. A carabinieri marshal named Carotenuto arrives in a small mountain village thoroughly pleased with himself, convinced he still has the kind of charm that works on young women. Vittorio De Sica plays him with the sort of practiced ease that makes pomposity genuinely funny.
Carotenuto immediately sets his sights on the village beauty, a spirited girl everyone calls "Frisky." Gina Lollobrigida in that role became an international star almost on the spot — she has an energy that upstages the whole cast without appearing to try. There is also a local midwife, Maria, who regards the marshal with quiet affection he entirely fails to notice, to his eventual cost.
Director Luigi Comencini kept things light and warm throughout — commedia all'italiana at its most agreeable, with no ambition beyond making the audience smile. The film's popularity led to sequels. Stream Bread, Love and Dreams online on iFILM.
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