Pane e Pomodoro (Bread and Tomatoes) portrays the beaches of Bari (Apulia region, Italy) where every summer dozens of families descend to celebrate a holiday ritual which is repeated as soon as the summer kicks in. Pane e Pomodoro is an Italian burlesque theatre, a tragicomic play which characters’ role is rooted in their identities, depicting what is the middle-class Italian stereotype, the one of accepting – and appreciating – anything that is undemanding and not too challenging. Characters in search of authors hitting off models who are already (although involuntary) imitated, attention-seeking comedians shamelessly and scornfully showing off their genuine nature.
Pane e Pomodoro is an anthropological reportage where the author looks and records peculiarities, bad habits as well as virtues of the modern “Italian mammal”. - Cesura Publish