Bicycle Thieves

Bicycle Thieves unfolds in war-ravaged Rome as Antonio, desperate for employment, secures a job that hinges on the mobility of his bicycle. When the bicycle is stolen on his first day, Antonio and his son scour the city, their quest for recovery entwined with the desperation of post-war survival. The film captures the intimate and fraught relationship between man and his means of livelihood, set against a backdrop of urban anonymity and moral ambiguity.