Time & Location: I saw this movie somewhere in 2005-2010 I believe. It was shown in the Oak Street Cinema (now closed) in Minneapolis, MN (I mention this as it showed independent movies and Foreign often)
Plot: a married man (Italian) would say goodbye in the morning and tell people he was going to work, in stead he would sit in the park each day and enjoy life. He didn’t want to share that he lost his job. The movie was in English subtitles. Might have been black and white. (I remember being impressed I was able to drag my boyfriend to watch it lol).
There were several films about, or inspired by, the true story of Jean-Claude Romand. The Adversary (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273069/ (based on the book about Romand).
Another French film with a similar story is Time Out (2001) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279065/
And a Spanish film, Nobody’s Life (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339862/
It’s probably one of these.