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  • Title: Bicycle Thieves (Criterion #374) [The Bicycle Thief / Ladri di Biciclette] / Life as It Is: The Neorealist Movement in Italy
  • Summary: A father and son try to recover a stolen bicycle.
  • Director: Vittorio De Sica
  • Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci
  • Year: 1949
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  • Keywords: Italian Neo-Realism
  • Format: DVD
  • Relation: Germany Year Zero, Il Grido, The Icicle Thief, Miracle in Milan, My Voyage to Italy, Paisan, Rome Open City, Shoeshine, La Strada, Umberto D.
  • Language: Italian with English subtitles
  • Country: Italy
  • Comments: The DVD includes a 22 minute documentary about the making of the film ("Working with De Sica"), a seven minute documentary about Italian Neo-Realism ("Life as It Is: The Neorealist Movement in Italy") and a documentary about De Sica collaborator Cesare Zavattini ("Cesare Zavattini"). New York Times 1000 Films British Film Institute Top 250 Films (2012): #33 Toronto International Film Festival 100: #10
  • Collection: Drama
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