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Umberto D.
Why this pick
De Sica again finds immense dignity and heartbreak in an ordinary person cornered by poverty, using patient observation and a deeply humane bond rather than melodrama.
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MOVIE1948 1h 29m ITA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the post-World War II Val Melaina neighbourhood of Rome, Antonio Ricci is desperate for work to support his wife Maria, his son Bruno and his small baby. He is offered a position posting advertising bills but tells Maria that he cannot accept because the job requires a bicycle. Maria resolutely strips the bed of her dowry bedsheetsprized possessions for a poor familyand takes them to the pawn shop, where they bring enough to redeem Antonio's pawned bicycle.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Lamberto Maggiorani
Antonio