The Bicycle Thief

movie is in Italian a man name Ricci has a chance to get a job in a bad time for jobs but needs a bicycle and dont have one he had to sell it to get food for him and his wife. They sell there sheets to get a bicycle for his job. goes to work hanging up posters for a company.When he goes out on his own he gets his bike stolen he picks up his boy and says it is broken he is half hour late getting him.takes him home tells him he will be back later. He goes to a place to find someone to help him find his bike he cant work without it.They go to a place where stolen bikes are known to be sold. He finds the guy who stole his bike and is trying to get information on how to find him. Ricci keeps looking for the man who stole his bike and the old man wont give him any information. He is making old man go find him with Ricci but he loses him in some confusion.He gets frustrated enough to hit son in face. Takes his son to place to eat and drink wine.. Tells son how much he needs his bicycle to feed there family.he goes to what looks like a medium that his wife went to that predicted him getting a job.She says find it now or will never see it. He finds the man who he thinks stole his bicycle it isn't him so the crowd says and they push him off of him. He cant press charges no witnesses. He steals someones bike and gets caught doing it the guy doesn't press charges. Movie ends with him walking with his son hand and hand with no bicycle...The Lighting in movie was not that good it flickered a little the set was really well made if it was on a set and not a city.
Director. Vittorio De Sica
Writer Luigi Bartolini (novel) Cesare Zavattini (writer)
Release Date: December 13 1949
Genre: Crime Drama

Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1950	Nominated	Oscar	Best Writing, Screenplay Cesare Zavattini
		Honorary Award	Italy. Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949.
BAFTA Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1950	Won	BAFTA Film Award	Best Film from any Source Italy.
Bodil Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1951	Won	Bodil	Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film) Vittorio De Sica (director)
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1951	Won	CEC Award	Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) Italy.
Golden Globes, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1950	Won	Golden Globe	Best Foreign Film Italy.
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1949	Won	Silver Ribbon	Best Cinematography (Migliore Fotografia) Carlo Montuori
			Best Director (Migliore Regia) Vittorio De Sica
			Best Film (Miglior Film a Soggetto)
			Best Score (Miglior Commento Musicale) Alessandro Cicognini
			Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura) Cesare Zavattini Vittorio De Sica Suso Cecchi d'Amico Oreste Biancoli Adolfo Franci Gerardo Guerrieri
			Best Story (Miglior Soggetto) Cesare Zavattini
Kinema Junpo Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1951	Won	Kinema Junpo Award	Best Foreign Language Film Vittorio De Sica
Locarno International Film Festival
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1949	Won	Special Prize of the Jury	Vittorio De Sica
National Board of Review, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1949	Won	NBR Award	Best Director Vittorio De Sica
			Best Film Italy.
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1949	Won	NYFCC Award	Best Foreign Language Film Italy.

Cast

(Complete credited cast)

	Lamberto Maggiorani	...	Antonio Ricci
	Enzo Staiola	...	Bruno Ricci
	Lianella Carell	...	Maria Ricci
	Gino Saltamerenda	...	Baiocco
	Vittorio Antonucci	...	The Thief
	Giulio Chiari	...	The Beggar
	Elena Altieri	...	The Charitable Lady
	Carlo Jachino	...	A Beggar
	Michele Sakara	...	Secretary of the Charity Organization
	Emma Druetti
	Fausto Guerzoni	...	Amateur Actor