The film tells the story of Antonio Ricci, an unemployed worker who gets a job posting flyers in the depressed post-World War II economy of Italy. To keep the job, he must have a bicycle, so his wife Maria sells her wedding sheets to get the money to get his bicycle from the pawnbroker. Early in the film, the bike is stolen, and Antonio and his son Bruno spend the remainder of the film searching for it. Antonio manages to locate the thief (who had already sold the bicycle) and summons the police, but with no proof and with the thief’s neighbors willing to give him a false alibi, he abandons this cause. Antonio, desperate to keep his job, attempts to steal a bicycle himself…

Censor Rating : NA



   

This is heart wrenching story of two young shoeshine boys Pasquale, an orphan and his younger friend Giuseppe in the post world war 2 Italy, who get into trouble with the police after trying to find the money to buy a horse which is the only solace in their troubled lives. Sent to a crowded prison, they get separated. Pasquale is tricked by the police into revealing the truth against Giuseppe’s much older brother (who had gotten them into trouble). This leads to misunderstandings and feelings of betrayal and eventually division of groups in the prison, drifting the two wonderful friends apart…

Starring : Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortenzi, Emilio Cigoli
Censor Rating : NA