Synopsis Of The Bicycle Thief

Title: Ladri di biciclette

Direction: Vittorio de Sica

Script: Suso Cecchi D'Amico and Cesare Zavattini, based on the novel Ladri di biciclette by Luigi.

Distribution: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari and Elena Altieri.

Country: Italy

Year: 1948

Gender: Drama

The film The Bicycle Thief is a film work made under the statutes of the current of Italian neorealism, which reflects the difficult situation that was experienced in that country (and almost all of Europe) after the Second World War, the economic problems that many countries faced during that time, resulted in a impressive labor shortages which in turn brought great poverty and many other problems, which are very realistically represented in the film, due to that this movement was characterized by using civilians as actors and public places as scenarios, due to the lack of economic resources that these had productions.

The bicycle thief tells the story of Antonio Ricci (Lamberto Maggiorani), a husband and father of a family in search of a decent job, at a time when money and even the same Jobs were scarce, after being hired to put up advertising posters in the streets of Rome, he decided to pawn some sheets to buy a bicycle, which was stolen on his first day of work. work, and this is how the whole adventure of Antonio begins along with his son Bruno (Enzo Staiola) to recover his bicycle, while his wife, María (Lianella Carell) waits at home together with his another son.