Italian Neorealism
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Italian Neorealism was a post–World War II film movement in Italy characterized by on-location shooting, non-professional actors, and stories focused on the everyday struggles of the working class and poor.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Italian cultural movement
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film movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Italian Neorealism
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surface form:
Neorealismo italiano
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| characteristic |
focus on everyday life
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focus on the poor ⓘ focus on working-class characters ⓘ location sound or minimal dubbing ⓘ loosely structured narratives ⓘ low-budget production ⓘ natural lighting ⓘ on-location shooting ⓘ open endings ⓘ political and social critique ⓘ social realism ⓘ use of non-professional actors ⓘ use of real urban and rural settings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| emergedAfter | World War II ⓘ |
| influenced |
British social realism
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French New Wave ⓘ Indian parallel cinema ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Parallel Cinema
New Hollywood ⓘ Third Cinema ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Fascist-era Italian cinema conditions
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French poetic realism ⓘ Resistance and anti-fascist culture ⓘ economic hardship in postwar Italy ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| mainLocation | Italy ⓘ |
| movementEnd | early 1950s ⓘ |
| movementStart | 1943 ⓘ |
| notableDirector |
Alberto Lattuada
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Cesare Zavattini ⓘ Giuseppe De Santis ⓘ Luchino Visconti ⓘ Roberto Rossellini ⓘ Vittorio De Sica ⓘ |
| notableFilm |
Bicycle Thieves
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Germany, Year Zero ⓘ
surface form:
Germany Year Zero
La terra trema ⓘ
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La Terra Trema
Ossessione ⓘ Paisan ⓘ Rome, Open City ⓘ Umberto D. ⓘ |
| relatedGenre | social realism in film ⓘ |
| theme |
human dignity under hardship
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moral ambiguity ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ unemployment ⓘ |
| typicalSetting |
rural villages
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urban slums ⓘ war-ravaged cities ⓘ |
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