The Strength of Love The Bicycle Thief is considered a masterpiece Neorealist film that incorporates a unique relationship between father and son. Antonio Ricci, the father, and Bruno, the son, grow to depend on each other throughout the film. The intense search for Ricci's stolen bicycle ...

"The Bicycle Thief" is a deeply moving neo-realist study of post-War Italy which depicts one man's loss of faith and his struggle to maintain personal dignity in poverty and bureaucratic indifference. Antonio Ricci is a bill-poster whose bicycle, essential for his j...

Neorealism and Beyond-Bicycle Thieves and La Strada Webster's Dictionary - neorealism: a movement especially in Italian filmmaking characterized by the simple direct depiction of lower-class life Neorealism was a style that overtly rejected the illusionism of Italian fascist and Hollywood ...