Tag Archives: Vittorio De Sica

Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970s Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana, marry but must hide Read More »

A gambler very much in debt, sets his cap for a beautiful woman, not knowing that she is also penniless. Read More »

Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes Read More »

Second World War. Field 119 in California (USA). War is long over, but the Italian prisoners are still waiting to return home Read More »

Mussolini’s Italy, late 1930s: the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading wealthy Jewish families. Read More »

Vittorio De Sica, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper vending stall Read More »

In the Paris of the late 19th century, Louise, wife of a general, sells the earrings her husband gave her as a wedding gift: she needs money to cover her debts. Read More »

A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie Read More »

At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband Read More »

A mighty and mysterious voice echoes in the sky of Naples: it announces the start of the Last Judgement, at six in the evening. Read More »

Paul and Mary are two elementary teachers, who love each other, but can not have a child. Read More »

Vittorio De Sica delivers a full-blown comic performance as Cesare Celli, an American gangster exiled to Italy and kidnapped by a collection of inept crooks. Read More »

Cesira lives with her cousin Agnese. Agnese is beautiful, while Cesira, dreamy and sentimental, is unattractive. Read More »

Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job – for which he needs a bike – hanging up posters. Read More »

At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys, the orphan Pasquale and his younger friend Giuseppe, are riding. Read More »