Bicycle Thieves

Unemployed Antonio finally had a stroke of luck: he was accepted for the position of billboard poster. However, a good period does not last long: on the same day, a bicycle is stolen from the hero, without which it is impossible to stay at the job found with such difficulty. Antonio and his son go in search of the missing to get lost together in the huge and indifferent to the sorrows of little people post-war Rome.

One of the most important films of Italian neorealism. Italian neorealism is a trend that has come up with a lot of modern cinema techniques. It brought the filming process from the pavilions to the lively city streets and brought non-professional actors to the screens. The main role in «Bicycle Thieves», for example, was played by a turner who, for the sake of such an important matter, was released from the factory for a while. However, they fired him anyway: so he had to continue his career as an actor.