Bicycle Thieves
1948 | Drama | Italy | Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Overview
A father and son search Rome for a stolen bicycle that means a job and survival. Nonprofessional actors, real streets, neorealism at its purest. Won a special Oscar before the foreign film category existed. De Sica proved ordinary life, unvarnished, could be devastating cinema. The final handhold between father and son needs no translation.
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