The Bicycle Thief
Summary:
This landmark Italian neorealist drama became one of the best-known and most widely acclaimed European movies, including a special Academy Award as "most outstanding foreign film" seven years before that Oscar category existed. Written primarily by neorealist pioneer Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio DeSica, also one of the movement's main forces, the movie featured all the... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Lamberto Maggiorani - (Antonio Ricci)
Lianella Carell - (Maria Ricci)
Enzo Staiola - (Bruno Ricci)
Elena Altieri - (The Lady)
Vittorio Antonucci - (The Thief)
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Review:
Though not the first Italian Neo-Realist film seen outside of Italy (or even Vittorio De Sica's first Neo-Realist work), The Bicycle Thief (1948) is considered the seminal film of the movement, alongside Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City (1945). Following the guiding Neo-Realist precept of drawing stories from the daily life of post-... Continue >>
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