Bicycle Thieves Italian Film. A heartbreaking endlessly affecting piece of humanist cinema sharp in its social criticism yet ultimately life enhancing in its belief in the decency of ordinary people phillip french the observer 2008 a landmark of humanist filmmaking bicycle thieves was a key work in the 1940s film movement known as italian neo realism. It has become associated with the film movement known as italian neo realism and its status as a classic to some extent depends upon this association.
Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proof he has to abandon his cause. Bicycle thieves may seem like an improbable gateway to the glamorous golden age of italian cinema the starry sexy cosmos of loren gina lollobrigida and la dolce vita but sensuality and. Widespread unemployment is rife and the majority of the population are living a precarious existence.
It has become associated with the film movement known as italian neo realism and its status as a classic to some extent depends upon this association.
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. He and his son walk the streets of rome looking for the bicycle. Sometimes known in the united states as the bicycle thief is a 1948 italian neorealist drama film directed by vittorio de sica. 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.