Next Screening:
14th April 2008
14th April 2008
The Park Hotel, Diss
Film Starts 8pm
Members £3 Non-Members £4 Students £2 (under 21)
Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola
Vittorio De Sica’s masterpiece about a poor young father in postwar Rome who finally finds work putting up Rita Hayworth posters around town, only to have his precious bicycle stolen on the first day of his job. Father (Maggiorani) and son (Staiola), neither professional actors, turn in striking performances as they search for the bike and thief.
Film Starts 8pm
Members £3 Non-Members £4 Students £2 (under 21)
THE BICYCLE THIEVES (PG)
Origin: Italy
Year: 1949
Running Time: 93 mins
Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola
Vittorio De Sica’s masterpiece about a poor young father in postwar Rome who finally finds work putting up Rita Hayworth posters around town, only to have his precious bicycle stolen on the first day of his job. Father (Maggiorani) and son (Staiola), neither professional actors, turn in striking performances as they search for the bike and thief.
The Italian neo-realist film movement was defined by Bicycle Thieves – a political film of some importance in its time as well as a beautifully turned story.
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