THE ASTOR REVIEW

Vittorio De Sica’s remarkable and moving film about a father and son who search tirelessly for a stolen bicycle that controls their potential livlihood. A seminal film not just in the context of Italian neo-realism, but also within the broader context of film history and these such movements that developed within it. An absolute must see and more than that, a must see time and again. TJ

IMDB SYNOPSIS

A poor young father in postwar-ravaged Rome who finally finds work putting up Rita Hayworth posters around town, only have his precious bicycle stolen the first day on the job. In a light moment as the father and his young son chase after the thief, the boy attempts to relieve himself against a wall, and his father lets him know they don't have time for that. In another scene, the father tracks the thief into the kitchen of a brothel.