Bicycle Thieves

aka: The Bicycle Thief, Ladri di biciclette
Italy 1948, 87 minutes, B/W
Dir. Vittorio De Sica
In Italian with English subtitles
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama, Classics

Topics: Neo-realism.

Feat. Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell

Aroview: A huge sentimental favourite about a man whose chance at meaningful labour is taken from him when his precious bicycle is stolen from him. Though not a silent film, it's a model of visual storytelling.

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0 star (Not rated) Hardly sentimental this is a devastating expose of post-war hardship and Lear-tragedy. Its realism makes it hard to believe it was acted and the hopelessness of man's inhumanity to man is crushing. De Sica's direction is magnificent. ~rakau
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5 stars (Exceptional) The street scenes are superb, and there are many of them.rnA simple story delivered in a low key way, but with impact. ~Tubbs