In this movie, Enzo Staiola plays Bruno, the young son of the protagonist, Ricci, who is eventually driven to ? steal the title object during a soccer game.
The Hays Committee censored this film because of a scene where a child is interrupted while urinating on a wall. The protagonist is deserted by his friend Baiocco during a rainstorm, and later chases the title character into a brothel, only to be threatened by a mob. The first poll ever conducted by Sight and Sound ranked this neo-realist movie the best of all time. Maria sells her bedsheets so her husband can retrieve the title object from a pawnshop, allowing him to get a job putting up posters of Rita Hayworth, until the protagonist is victimized by the title character. In this movie, Enzo Staiola plays Bruno, the young son of the protagonist, Ricci, who is eventually driven to ? steal the title object during a soccer game. Set in postwar Italy, FTP, name this 1948 movie by Vittorio de Sica.
The Hays Committee censored this film because of a scene where a child is interrupted while urinating on a wall.
The {Bicycle Thief} [or {Bicycle Thieves} or {Ladri di Biciclette}]