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De Sica, Vittorio (vēt-tôr`yō də sē`kə), 1901–74, Italian film director and actor. His Shoeshine (1946), The Bicycle Thief (1948), and Umberto D. (1952) are classics of postwar Italian neorealism. Among his later works are Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1964), and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971), both of which won Academy Awards. He starred in Rossellini Rossellini, Roberto (rōbĕr`tō rōs-sĕl-lē`nē), 1906–77, Italian film director and producer. ..... Click the link for more information. 's General Della Rovere (1959) and many other films. De Sica, Vittorio(born July 7, 1901, Sora, Italy—died Nov. 13, 1974, Paris, France) Italian film director and actor. He joined an acting company in 1923 and soon became a matinee idol. He appeared on screen as a leading man in a series of light comedies, and he excelled in a dramatic role in Roberto Rossellini's General della Rovere (1959). He directed his first film in 1940 and, working with screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, made a major contribution to the Neorealism of the postwar Italian cinema with Shoeshine (1946, Academy Award) and The Bicycle Thief (1948, Academy Award). His later films include Umberto D. (1952), Two Women (1961), Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1963, Academy Award), and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971, Academy Award). |
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Q: And Penelope's character is very much in the earth-mother tradition of the movies Sophia Loren made with Vittorio de Sica -- tousled hair, eyeliner, full- It's a beautiful shot to end a touching film, which, if it had come from Brazil or Italy with subtitles, would be hailed as a minor masterpiece in the style of classical neo-realists such as De Sica or Visconti. Though hardly at the level of Vittorio De Sica or Francois Truffaut, Gianni Amelio's study of a man getting to know his 15-year-old developmentally disabled son for the first time puts a high premium on emotional realism and keeps the manipulative business to a minimum. |
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