FILMS TO VIEW Vittorio De Sica – Pioneering Italian Filmmaker 1. Bicycle Thieves (1948), 93 min. After having viewed Bicycle Thieves, answer the following questions: 1.What is the relationship between...

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THE BICYCLE THIEVES (1948) BY VITTORIO DE SICA
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1. What is the relationship between the father and the son, and does it change during the course of the movie?    3
2. Why is the scene in the restaurant so important? What occurs during this scene and what does it tell us about the characters and their life situation?    4
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1. What is the relationship between the father and the son, and does it change during the course of the movie?
    The relationship between the father and the son in the provided movie by Vittorio De Sica, named, The Bicycle Thieves, is a reflection of the contemporary patriarchal society and the lower class people, struggling to make a consistent and stable leaving. The father and son are seemed to have a strong bond, as Bruno, the son is seemed to hang with his father Ricci all along his search for the stolen bicycle. As mentioned by Greenhalgh (2018), the hanging of two characters in a movie under the same frame sharing a considerable amount of time on screen, hints at the filmmakers’ depiction of close bonded, healthy relationships.
The relationship between the father...