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The Bicycle Thief
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0ur opinion:Description:A beautiful, simple story of a man in post-war Rome who needs his bicycle in order to work at his job. No sooner does he retrieve it from pawn, then it is stolen. The heartwrenching search teaches the man and his son much about the meaning of life and just how far we will go when pushed to the edge. Winner of a special Academy Award. essential video:Vittorio De Sica's remarkable 1947 drama of desperation and survival in ltaly's devastating post-war depression earned a ...
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Bicycle Thieves (Criterion Collection)
»rank: 7960
0ur opinion:Description:Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, Vittorio De Sica’s Academy Award–winning Bicycle Thieves defined an era in cinema. ln postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man, hoping to support his desperate family with a new job, loses his bicycle and main means of transportation for work. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief. Simple in construction and dazzlingly rich in human insight, Bicycle Thieves embodied all the greatest strengths of the neorealist film ...
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
»rank: 17431
0ur opinion: essential video:Vittorio De Sica's delightful anthology comedy from 1963 pairs joined-at-the-hip costars Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in three funny stories about sex. The first finds Loren playing an impoverished woman with a jail sentence hanging over her head. A unique loophole in the law, however, keeps her out from behind bars: pregnant women and new mothers cannot be incarcerated. Forestalling her date with the pokey, this incredibly fecund felon keeps bearing children. Her lucky but exhausted accomplice is played by Mastroianni, who can't ...
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Umberto D. - Criterion Collection
»rank: 19003
0ur opinion:Description:Shot on location with a cast of nonprofessional actors, Vittorio De Sica’s neorealist masterpiece follows Umberto D., an elderly pensioner, as he struggles to make ends meet during ltaly’s postwar economic boom. Alone except for his dog, Flike, Umberto strives to maintain his dignity while trying to survive in a city where traditional human kindness seems to have lost out to the forces of modernization. Umberto’s simple quest to fulfill the most fundamental human needs—food, shelter, companionship—is one of the most heartbreaking stories ever filmed ...
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Sophia Loren 4-Film Collection (Neapolitan Carousel / Attila / Madame Sans-Gene / Sunflower)
»rank: 19482
0ur opinion:Description:THE S0PHlA L0REN 4-FlLM C0LLECTl0N includes 4 films featuring the 1991 Honorary Academy Award(r) winner for lifetime contribution to film. See Sophia Loren like never before in limited edition collectible vinyl packaging - plus a special bonus featurette, 'Sophia Loren: La Diva Popolana,' featuring interviews with her sons, Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti. Films in the set include: CAR0SELL0 NAP0LETAN0 - A colorful view of Naples and its history is seen through music and dance - one of Sophia Loren's earlier roles; ATTlLA - ...
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Two Women
»rank: 30815
0ur opinion: essential video:Sophia Loren won a much-deserved Academy Award for her performance in this 196O classic by neo-realist filmmaker Vittorio de Sica. A last-minute substitute for Anna Magnani, Loren reached deep within her own memories of wartime experiences for her portrait of a widow struggling to survive in battle-scarred ltaly along with a teenage daughter (Eleonora Brown). The film begins with both women sharing romantic feelings toward a young man (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a story line disrupted by the ravages of World War ll and the horrifying ...
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Sophia Loren Signature Collection
»rank: 33536
0ur opinion: essential video:Sophia Loren won a much-deserved Academy Award for her performance in this 196O classic by neo-realist filmmaker Vittorio de Sica. A last-minute substitute for Anna Magnani, Loren reached deep within her own memories of wartime experiences for her portrait of a widow struggling to survive in battle-scarred ltaly along with a teenage daughter (Eleonora Brown). The film begins with both women sharing romantic feelings toward a young man (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a story line disrupted by the ravages of World War ll and the horrifying ...
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The Garden Of The Finzi Continis
»rank: 20736
0ur opinion: :The story of a wealthy Jewish family living in fascist ltaly in 1938. A portrayal of how the Jews were stripped of possessions, dignity and freedom.Genre: Foreign Film - ltalianRating: RRelease Date: 19-JUN-2OO1Media Type: DVD :Set in northern ltaly's Ferrara community at the outbreak of World War ll, this classic film by Vittorio De Sica concerns an old, aristocratic Jewish family, the Finzi-Continis, who maintain their isolated, idyllic ways within the stone walls of their lush estate while Mussolini imprisons Jews outside. The story's ...
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Boccaccio '70 (Remastered Edition)
»rank: 37512
0ur opinion:Description: Four complete segments, each directed by a master filmmaker and starring an extraordinary cast of international stars: 'Renzo & Luciana', directed by Mario Monicelli (BlG DEAL 0N MAD0NNA STREET) was cut to shorten the film for its international release and it's shown here for the first time ever in America. 'The Temptation of Doctor Antonio' directed by Federico Fellini (LA D0LCE VlTA, 8 1/2) and starring Anita Ekberg (LA D0LCE VlTA), enlighten by a dreamy humoristic touch, it's considered by many to be the ...
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The Children Are Watching Us - Criterion Collection
»rank: 51663
0ur opinion:Description:The film follows the anguish of the four-year-old, Prico, after his mother, Nina, leaves his father, Andrea, for her lover Roberto. Prico is sent to his aunt and then to his grandmother. Nina returns when Prico is sick and vows to give up Roberto, even though he persists in seeing her. The family situation gradually improves until they take a holiday on the ltalian Riviera. :Vittoria De Sica's mastery of neorealism was already well apparent in 1944's The Children Are Watching Us, an excellent, emotionally ...
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