> On Fri, 21 Jan 1994 18:04:11 -0500 Dianne K Brooks said: > >"Bread and Chocolate" was an Italian film from 70s with ??? forgot his > >name but he was in Lina Wertmuller's Swept Away and played an Italian > >immigrant both obsessed with and oppressed by a lighter culture. Check > >it out, its great! > > The actor's name is GianCarlo Giannini and he is Lina Wertmuller's "acteur > fetiche." He has appeared in any number of her films. Check out "Seven > Beauties" I believe he also had the lead in "Open Doors." > I already posted something to the effect that Giancarlo Giannini is *not* in *Bread and Chocolate.* But this latest posting calls for another clarification: Giannini was *not* in *Porte Aperte/Open Doors* (1990?), directed by Gianni Amelio. The male lead was Gian Maria Volonte'. This is becoming quite a pastiche of Italian cinema. Gloria Monti