Neorealism Archives - http://www.cafepellicola.com/tag/neorealism/ cafe pellicola - window to fine italian cinema Mon, 26 Dec 2016 16:48:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Il Tetto – The Roof (Vittorio De Sica – 1956) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2016/12/26/il-tetto-roof-vittorio-de-sica-1956/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2016/12/26/il-tetto-roof-vittorio-de-sica-1956/#respond Mon, 26 Dec 2016 16:05:15 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=2897 Five years after his masterpiece, Miracolo a Milano – Miracle in Milan (1951), director Vittorio De Sica with screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, return to a familiar neorealist theme – social troubles of a young couple, played by unprofessional actors, facing a housing problem during Italy’s economic boom. Newlywed couple, Gabriella Pallotta – Luisa (as Gabriella Pallotti)… Continue reading Il Tetto – The Roof (Vittorio De Sica – 1956)

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]]> http://www.cafepellicola.com/2015/04/13/italian-cinema-audiences-real-stories-by-real-people/feed/ 0 Il cammino della speranza – The Path of Hope (Pietro Germi – 1950) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2015/02/16/path-hope-il-camino-della-speranza-pietro-germi-1950/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2015/02/16/path-hope-il-camino-della-speranza-pietro-germi-1950/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:59:42 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=2805 Right from the opening scene where you see the village women all veiled in black waiting patiently outside the mine for their husbands who refuse to come up to avoid the mine closing – you see direct similarities with another Nerorealism harbinger – Visconti’s 1948 La terra trema (The Earth Trembles). In the latter, the black… Continue reading Il cammino della speranza – The Path of Hope (Pietro Germi – 1950)

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]]> http://www.cafepellicola.com/2015/02/16/path-hope-il-camino-della-speranza-pietro-germi-1950/feed/ 0 Open Roads 2011: 1860 I Mille di Garibaldi (Alessandro Blasetti – 1934) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2011/06/08/1860-i-mille-di-garibaldi-alessandro-blasetti-%e2%80%93-1934/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2011/06/08/1860-i-mille-di-garibaldi-alessandro-blasetti-%e2%80%93-1934/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:41:01 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=1169 As Italy celebrates its 150th year of unification (aka Risoregimento) this year, the Lincoln Film Society in New York chose to include this masterpiece by Alessandro Blasetti as part of their current festival: Open Roads: New Italian Cinema. I attended the screening and here are some of my impressions. Carmelo and Rosuzza his wife reunited… Continue reading Open Roads 2011: 1860 I Mille di Garibaldi (Alessandro Blasetti – 1934)

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