1948 ["Vittorio De Sica"]

Bicycle Thieves

Name: Bicycle Thieves
Genre: [, ", d, r, m
Released: 1948
Rating: 8.2

★ 8.2 IMDb

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Bicycle Thieves by Joanne Kouyoumjian, Reverse Shot

In conversation with other films

Revisiting the past as a means of validation: bridging the myth of the Resistance and the satire of the Economic Miracle in two comedies "Italian style" by Giacomo Boitani, Alphaville

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