Italian neorealism |
After the Second World War, humanity was in poor spirits. Gone were the days where people wanted to see happy endings and forever afters. The Italian nation was particularly devastated by the chaos of war. “Immediately after WWII, Italian society was largely divided as to how to move forward” (Sailus, n.d.). The Italian Neorealism film movement was a response to Italy’s milieu. The country found solace in films like Roberto Rossellini’s Paisà (Paisan) (1946) and Vittorio De Sica’s Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) (1948), which foregrounded the very real, very dismal state of Italy, the physical destruction and emotional trauma caused by the Second World War.
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