Written, produced and directed by Vittorio De Sica, The Bicycle Thief takes us on a real journey of Lamberto Maggiorani who plays Antonio Ricci striving to put food on the table and be a good role model for his young son Bruno, played by Enzo Staiola. Of what we have seen so far in class, Antonio's struggles are very relevant even today, families looking for work so they can survive. To make matters worse, his only means of getting to work is stolen in the first third of the movie, and without it, Antonio doesn't work. His mission becomes to find the thief and bring him to justice, all while keeping his family fed and keeping his job. Using very real and desolate actors (both father and son were first time actors), the director puts us into the situation of his main character in a very real way. Around where we left off, Antonio is justifying if only to himself to steal a bike in order to keep his job, all while in front of his child.
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