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Bicycle Thieves

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Heralded as the greatest film ever made on release, winning an Oscar in 1949 and topping the Sight and Sound film poll in 1952, De Sica's seminal work of Italian neorealism has had an impact on cinema worldwide from release to the present day, with filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray and Ken Loach claiming the film as a direct influence on their own.

Bicycle Thieves tells the story of Antonio, a long unemployed man who finally finds employment putting up cinema posters for which he needs a bicycle. His wife pawns all the family linen to redeem the already pawned bicycle and for Antonio salvation has come, until the bicycle is stolen. Antonio and his son take to the streets in a desperate search to find the bicycle. Bicycle Thieves is as much about the position of Italians in post-War, post-Fascist Italy as the relationship between father and son, told through the labyrinth of the cinematic city with De Sica's arresting visual poetry. Defining neorealism, a small period of filmmaking that focused on simple, humanist stories, Bicycle Thieves was one of the most captivating and moving.

Arrow Academy presents Vittorio De Sica's masterpiece on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.

Special Features:

  • Brand new restored high definition digital transfer of the film
  • Newly translated and more complete optional English subtitles
  • Feature length audio commentary by Italian Cinema expert Robert Gordon, author of BFI Modern Classics 'Bicycle Thieves'
  • 'Cesare Zavattini' a feature length documentary by director Carlo Lizzani on the great screenwriter, novelist, critic, long time De Sica collaborator and founder of Italian neorealism
  • 'Timeless Cinema', a documentary portrait of director, actor and screenwriter Vittorio De Sica
  • Original trailer advertising De Sica's films, featuring Bicycle Thieves star Lamberto Maggiorani and Francesco Golisano presenting Miracle in Milan
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Samuel Webster
studio:
  • Arrow Academy
Run Time:
  • 89 mins approx.
Director:
  • Vittorio De Sica
Certificate:
  • U
Actor:
  • Lamberto Maggiorani
Subtitle Languages:
  • English
Aspect Ratio:
  • 1.33:1
Main Language:
  • Italian
Number of Discs:
  • 1
Region:
  • B
Brand:
  • Arrow Academy

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