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FILM DETAILS

Certificate U

Cast Lamberto Maggiorani Enzo Staiola Lianella Carell

Directors Vittorio De Sica

Screenwriters Vittorio De Sica Oreste Biancoli Suso Cecchi d'Amico Adolfo Franci Gerardo Guerrieri Cesare Zavattini

Running Time 93 minutes

Bicycle Thieves
Neo-realist classic

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Plot
Antonio Ricci has been unemployed for more than two years when he finally gets a job putting up posters. The one condition of employment is that he must have a bicycle - which he is more than happy to pawn the family linen for. After a single day of happy employment, tragedy strikes when the bike is stolen. He and his son set out to find the missing bike...

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