BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS
(Titanus)
G
Cert.
PFLIEIN almost six years 1 still recall vividly the pleased expectancy with which I first saw Four Steps in the Clouds opening with its winding road and gay little tune. A similar beginning to Bread, Love and Dreams captivated me in much the same way, and if this Italian comedy isn’t quite in the same class as the earlier film-which I rate amongst the most enchanting I have seen-it is still much better than many films we have had from Italy or anywhere else. © This is a simple tale of Italian village life with, I imagine, a good many ordinary villagers among the players. Into this white, sun-drenched village, from the bus we’ve followed on that winding road, comes the Maresciallo, the new head of the local carabinieri-fortyish, handsome, still unmarried and very susceptible, This is Vittorio de Sica. Who is he to woo? Frankly, he seems unable
to make up his mind between the untamed, barefooted Bersagliera (Gina Lollobrigida) and the young midwife (Marisa Merlini), and he’s not above trying to take advantage of the Bersagliera in a gentlemanly way when he has to put her in jail for a night for fighting. I must say I felt for the Maresciallo in his restlessness. Better than I have seen her in any other film, Miss Lollobrigida plays with a genuine primitive charm; and it’s a pleasant change to see the attractive midwife courted by the talented Mr de Sica, not in a Cadillac convertible but on the bar of a power-cycle. This film, you'll see, stays pretty close to the earth-which is all part of a charm I don’t find easy to pin on paper. Among
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 948, 11 October 1957, Page 22
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284BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 948, 11 October 1957, Page 22
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