SYNOPSIS

 Any aspect, even the most renowned, risks giving a partial and limited image of Vittorio De Sica. His capability of approaching different cinematographic genres: from the new realism of “Sciuscià” and “Ladri di Biciclette” or “Umberto D” and then on to “La Ciociara” and “Matrimonio all’Italiana” until “Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini”, is unique. And most of all the actor De Sica, no matter whether dramatic or comic, is always real and when he’s on the screen, you believe him. His great ability in collecting success and recognition through works which are completely different from each other has been a unique phenomenon, the heart of the De Sica mystery.

Let’s delve into the depths of this mystery, first of all by trying to tell about the integrity of the man and the variety of his work, of how it developed over the years and through films, from the theatre, to the songs and the poems.

What remains of De Sica today? How much are his films still a fundamental example for those who, in every part of the world, want to start working in cinema? It is not by chance that a masterpiece, such as “Ladri di biciclette” has become an archetype: imitated and quoted by cineastes of the world over, it is also not by chance that Belmondo has just interpreted the remake of “Umberto D”. In every school of cinema, the work of De Sica along with that of Rossellini is a fundamental teaching subject.

FILMS AND BACKSTAGE EXTRACTS

FILMS

UMBERTO D.
MADDALENA ZERO IN CONDOTTA
IERI OGGI E DOMANI
ROMA CITTA’ LIBERA
SE IO FOSSI ONESTO
SCIUSCIA’
LADRI DI BICICLETTE
MIRACOLO A MILANO
IL TETTO
LA CIOCIARA
BOCCACCIO ’70
MATRIMONIO ALL’ITALIANA
I GIRASOLI
ALTRI TEMPI (IL PROCESSO DI FRINE)
BLOOD FOR DRACULA
GLI ATTENDENTI
Il VIAGGIO
IL GARDINO DEI FINZI CONTINI
AMANTI
LE STREGHE
UN AMORE A ROMA

BACKSTAGE

Umberto D.
La ciociara
Il generale della Rovere
Buongiorno elefante
Ladri di biciclette
I girasoli
Peccato che sia una canaglia
Pane, amore e fantasia
Stazione Termini
Boccaccio ‘70
Seven time woman

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