Brown Bread Sandwiches
Comedy
A 1957 period piece about Italian immigrants in Toronto.
Director
Carlo Liconti
Writers
N/A
Stars
Giancarlo Giannini, Lina Sastri, Kim Cattrall
Language
English
Country
Italy, Canada
💬 2
Reviews
🎭 Top Cast
Giancarlo Giannini
as Alberto
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Lina Sastri
as Guilia Buonanotte
Kim Cattrall
as Aunt Eva
Kim Coates
as Uncle Bruno
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Clare Barclay
as Mireille
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Briar Boake
as Linda
Peter Boretski
as Nonno
Chris Britton
as Mr. Price
David Calderisi
as Father Perelli
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Deborah Cass
as Thin Woman
💰 Box Office
$120,513
Domestic Gross
🎬 Technical Specs
Sound
Dolby Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production
Brown Bread Pictures, Eagle Pictures, Ontario Film Development Corporation
🏷️ Keywords
sandwich1950scanadaimmigrantitalian
🎯 Categories
Comedy
⭐ Featured Review
An insightful comedy that makes one laugh, cry and contemplate life.
"La Famiglia Buonanotte is an intelligent, sometimes dark, comedy that has many poignant moments about immigrant Italian life in 1950's Canada. The young boy who narrates some of the story makes the audience truly appreciate his desire to belong in this new country, and his attempts to fit in are often very funny. The rest of the family and its tenants downstairs play a precarious game of survival in a cramped household that breeds insecurity, competition and downright cattiness. Kim Cattrall is wonderfully amusing as a dissatisfied wife who tries to disrupt everyone's life. Kim C..."
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📖 Synopsis
A 1957 period piece about Italian immigrants in Toronto.