Contains Spoiler Vittorio de Sica's `The Bicycle Thief' is an Italian neo-realism film that is about a family during the great depression. Antonio Ricci (the father) finds a chance to work at a good city job pasting up postures around the town. At this time the community would do anything to find employment of this kind. Because they are short on money his wife sells bed sheets to receive money for a bike that he needs in order to keep his new job. On his first day of his job his new bike that he just got gets stolen and he tries to do everything to track down the thief. With a chance to try and get his family out of poverty he takes his son Bruno and some friends and head out into the city to try and keep his family an opportunity to get wealthy. With many frustrating events that occur through out the day Antonio decides to steal a bike himself and later getting himself caught and thrown in jail.
One important factor in this movie is how the thoughts in Antonio's mind never get brought out to us throughout the movie but are shown to us through his facial expressions and the way he presents his body and emotions. Another factor that is important in the movie is how there are no staged settings present. This movie uses real life settings and backgrounds that help give a better feeling or realism and makes the situations more effective to the eyes. Finally the ending is also important. After the prison feels sorry for Antonio and decides that he has gone through enough they let him out and the movie just ends abruptly with Antonio and his son Bruno taking a walk back through the town. The movies uses this strategy to once again give a remembrance of the time its set in and also leaves the audience with something to unravel.
One important factor in this movie is how the thoughts in Antonio's mind never get brought out to us throughout the movie but are shown to us through his facial expressions and the way he presents his body and emotions. Another factor that is important in the movie is how there are no staged settings present. This movie uses real life settings and backgrounds that help give a better feeling or realism and makes the situations more effective to the eyes. Finally the ending is also important. After the prison feels sorry for Antonio and decides that he has gone through enough they let him out and the movie just ends abruptly with Antonio and his son Bruno taking a walk back through the town. The movies uses this strategy to once again give a remembrance of the time its set in and also leaves the audience with something to unravel.