Neorealism
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Neorealism is a post–World War II Italian film and cultural movement known for its stark, socially conscious portrayals of everyday life, often using non-professional actors and on-location shooting to depict the struggles of the poor and working class.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian film movement
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cultural movement ⓘ film movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Italian Neorealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateEnd | early 1950s ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Hollywood classical cinema
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Italian studio productions of the Fascist era ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
everyday life
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poor and working-class people ⓘ postwar hardship ⓘ social issues ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
aftermath of World War II in Italy
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economic hardship in 1940s Italy ⓘ fall of Italian Fascism ⓘ |
| inception | 1943 ⓘ |
| influenced |
British social realism
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French New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Parallel Cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ global art cinema ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French poetic realism
NERFINISHED
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Italian Resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ documentary film ⓘ leftist politics ⓘ |
| keyFilm |
Bicycle Thieves
NERFINISHED
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Ossessione NERFINISHED ⓘ Paisan NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome, Open City NERFINISHED ⓘ Umberto D. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| mainPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| movementDomain |
cinema
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culture ⓘ |
| narrativeFeature |
ambiguous moral judgments
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episodic plots ⓘ focus on ordinary people ⓘ socially conscious themes ⓘ |
| notableDirector |
Cesare Zavattini
NERFINISHED
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Giuseppe De Santis NERFINISHED ⓘ Luchino Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ Roberto Rossellini NERFINISHED ⓘ Vittorio De Sica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
documentary-like style
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location sound or post-synchronized dialogue ⓘ long takes ⓘ minimal studio sets ⓘ natural lighting ⓘ on-location shooting ⓘ open-ended narratives ⓘ use of non-professional actors ⓘ |
| typicalSetting |
rural environments
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urban environments ⓘ |
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