Bravo DeSica!
It is worthing watching this film just to look at Rome. Then add a magnificent script, superb acting, harsh reality, and you have one of the greatest films of all time. DeSica did a fine job portraying the misery and poverty of post WWII Italy.
One could argue that it is Bruno, the young boy, who is in fact the driving force behind this film. It is his balanced performance, displaying both the youthful innocence of boy and the matureness that can forced upon youth when on faced with the responsibility of taking part in the family's survival, that really make this film special.
A classic, definitely worth buying from the Criterion Collection.
One could argue that it is Bruno, the young boy, who is in fact the driving force behind this film. It is his balanced performance, displaying both the youthful innocence of boy and the matureness that can forced upon youth when on faced with the responsibility of taking part in the family's survival, that really make this film special.
A classic, definitely worth buying from the Criterion Collection.
- peter_lawrence
- Mar 6, 2007