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Bicycle Thieves
Basics:
Italy/ 1948/ 89 minutes/ Black and White/ 1.33:1/ Italian/
Background:
Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award–winning Bicycle Thieves, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema. In poverty-stricken postwar Rome, a man is on his first day of a new job that offers hope of salvation for his desperate family when his bicycle, which he needs for his work, is stolen. With his young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief. Simple in construction and profoundly rich in human insight, Bicycle Thieves embodies the greatest strengths of the Italian neorealist movement: emotional clarity, social rectitude, and brutal honesty.
A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job.
Director:
Vitorio De Sica
Writers:
Luigi Bartolini (novel), Cezare Zayattini
Stars:
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianelle, Carell
Storyline
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proof, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job.
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