Double Feature: BICYCLE THIEVES (New 35 mm print!) and UMBERTO D July 9, 2010

Double Feature: New 35 mm print! BICYCLE THIEVES (LADRI DI BICICLETTE), 1948, Corinth Films, 93 min. Dir. Vittorio de Sica. When Antonio has his invaluable bicycle stolen on the first day of a job that is vital to the welfare of his family, he and his son Bruno spend an unforgettable day searching the streets of Rome for it.

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UMBERTO D, 1952, Rialto Films, 91 min. The last of director Vittorio de Sica’s Neorealist films, UMBERTO D is the poetic and touching story of an old man dealing with retirement and loneliness in postwar Rome.