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In Italian with English subtitles. The title translates to Bread, Love and Dreams.
Directed by
Luigi Comencini.
Vittorio De Sica plays the middle-aged marshal of carabiniere in a remote Italian mountain village. He's anxious to marry, and selects young
Gina Lollobrigida as his bride; but she is already in love with De Sica's shy subordinate Roberto Risso. Mistaking her headstrong behavior as promiscuity, De Sica makes advances towards her, but she spurns him. Forsaking the girl to the arms of Risso, De Sica decides to settle for village midwife Marisa Merlini. A huge box-office hit,
Pane, Amore, e Fantasia contains what some regard as Gina Lollobrigida's best and most naturalistic performance, and was followed by a sequel,
Pane, Amore e Gelosia in 1954).