The movie ‘The Bicycle thieves’ was produced in the year 1948 and was directed by Vittorio De Sica. The movie was written by Vittorio and Secare Zevattini. The movie was also given an honorary award in the year 1950 because it depicted neo-realism in post war Italy. ‘The Bicycle Thieves’ is a drama that is still relevant today despite the fact that it was produced in the earlier years. In this paper, I will focus on reviewing the movie to show its relevance even today.
The movie is about a young family living in poverty especially because the man of the house Antonnio has been unemployed for two years. Finally, just after World War two, he gets a job to post adverts on poles. However, he required a bicycle to start the job. His wife Maria sells off her wedding bed sheets to acquire her husband a bicycle. Maria is also seen to believe in seers because she thanks one because her husband had gotten a job on her way from buying the bicycle. Antonnio starts the job and unfortunately the bicycle is stolen while he was fixing a post.
Antonnio is devastated and he searches in all markets where stolen bicycles were sold to no avail. Finally, he traces the man who stole his bicycle but the bicycle was nowhere to be found. Without giving up, Antonnio is accompanied by his son Bruno to the place where the bicycle thief lived. However, a police search in his house did not bear fruits. The police insisted they could not help because there was no sufficient evidence. On their way home in desperation, Antonnio tries to steal a bicycle and people harass him. The father and son finally go home to their usual state of unemployment.