Product Details

• Actors: Vittorio De Sica, Marisa Merlini, Roberto Risso, Gina Lollobrigida
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: November 1, 2002
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009XENN
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #371,658 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous movie but Beware-Dubbed!, February 13, 2010

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This review is from: Bread, Love and Dreams (1954-Italy) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Fabulous movie...unfortunately, it was dubbed into english with an actress that sounded NOTHING like Gina Lollabrigida.I would not have bought it if I had known that it was dubbed. Otherwise, perfect!

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beauty on a Donkey., November 25, 2004

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Maximiliano F Yofre "Maxi" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bread, Love and Dreams (1954-Italy) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie ascribes to the Italian "Neorealist" film school, but instead of focusing in WWII episodes or dark immediate post war issues as "Paisan" (1946) (directed by Roberto Rossellini), "The Bicycle Thief" (1948) (directed by Vittorio De Sica) or "Bitter Rice" (1950) (directed by Giuseppe De Santis), director Luigi Comencini chooses a sparkling comedy of customs to show Italian life in the late `40s and early `50s.

The story plot is very simple: a new Police Chief (The Marshal) arrives to a tiny Italian village to command a six men crew.
Automatically he is situated at the top of community's social pyramid at the same level of the Priest, the Landowner and the Midwife.
In this village as in any small village all over the world the main sport is gossip. To make things hard to the Marshall, there is a beautiful disinhibited young peasant: Frisky (la bersagliera). Seeing her and becoming infatuated take just a heartbeat. From here on comedy evolves full of picturesque details and endearing comic scenes.

Vittorio De Sica as the middle-aged Marshal is superb; he shows all the emotions that torment an aging bachelor spurred by a rural beauty. Gina Lollobrigida is just indescribable, lovely, fresh and enticing as Frisky. This movie launched her as a first rate star.
Music score is correct, composed by prolific Alessandro Cicognini, he wrote more than 70 movie scores.
A very commendable film for any one who wishes to see a
fine comedy.
Reviewed by Max Yofre.