Bread and Chocolate
“You'll Laugh Till Your Heart Breaks”
ComedyDrama
An Italian immigrant tries to make a new life in Switzerland, taking on a series of increasingly menial jobs in order to do it. He attempts to fit into his new home and society but fails at every turn. Unable to go home again, will his tenacity and optimism be enough to live on?
VIBE
A poignant, often funny, look at the struggles of an outsider trying to find belonging. It captures the quiet desperation and small indignities of immigrant life with a gentle, observational touch.
melancholicwryfrustratedbittersweetsteadysocial realismcharacter-driven dramaEuropean arthouseimmigrationalienationcultural clasheconomic hardship
immigrantworkerswitzerlandhardshipxenophobiaforeigners
