... through Antonio's story, but it is also a film characterised by an acute psychological understanding and a sharp attention to detail. The realistic overview and the social analysis create a perfect balance between moral tension and the sentimental aspect of the film. However, despite Bicycle Thieves at first sight seems to have been created through a direct approach to reality without any cinematographic artefact ... to the cinema", which screens commercial movies; and at the beginning it can be noticed that, symbolically, all the drama of the film starts when Antonio attaches Rita Haywo...

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