Pane, amore e...
Dino Risi
Recently retired MarshalCarotenuto returns to his native province of Naples. But the house he thought he would live in is occupied by the village fishmonger, the hot-headed Sofia, who is determined not to be evicted. Along with his housekeeper Caramella, he goes to stay temporarily with the bigoted and extremely straight-laced Violante, a friend of his brother, the village priest.
With : Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Lea Padovani, Antonio Cifariello
Screenplay : Marcello Girosi, Ettore Maria, Margadonna, Dino Risi, Vincenzo Talarico
Image : Giuseppe Rotunno
Editing : Mario Serandrei
Music : Alessandro Cicognini
Screenplay : Marcello Girosi, Ettore Maria, Margadonna, Dino Risi, Vincenzo Talarico
Image : Giuseppe Rotunno
Editing : Mario Serandrei
Music : Alessandro Cicognini
Production : Titanus
Distribution: Intramovies
Distribution: Intramovies
The third chapter in the famous Bread, Love and... trilogy, this episode differs from the previous two directed by Luigi Comencini with Sofia Loren replacing Gina Lollobrigida, the use of colour instead of black and white, and the Cinemascope format, while maintaining a certain narrative line (that of the Neapolitan farce) to the great delight of faithful fans. This comedy of manners, again dominated by the Italian matriarchy, is a sparkling illustration of this flourishing cinematographic period. Made in the same year as l segnodi Venere (The Sign of Venus) this film also uses the irresistible pair of Loren/De Sica,and gives us the classic scene of the sensual mambo performed by the shapely Sophia Loren.