Film Review
The Bicycle Thief - The Italian neo-realist film movement began around the end of WWII with Roberto Rossellini’s OPEN CITY in 1946. It is defined and encapsulated by this striking film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The Bicycle Thief is the best of a group of films that depicted the hardship and despair that Europeans, specifically Italians, went through after the death and destruction of the war. view source