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Umberto D. (1952) Italian Film, Neoralist Film, Tragedy, Drama
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Umberto D. ) is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Most of the actors were non-professional, including Carlo Battisti who plays the title role of Umberto Domenico Ferrari, a poor elderly man in Rome who is desperately trying to keep his rented room. His landlady (Lina Gennari) is evicting him and his only true friends, the housemaid (Maria-Pia Casilio) and his dog Flike (called 'Flag' in some subtitled versions of the film) are of no help.
According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, this was De Sica's favorite of all his films. The movie was included in TIME magazine's "All-TIME 100 Movies" in 2005. The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."
Umberto Ferrari, aged government-pensioner, attends a street
demonstration held by his fellow pensioners. The police dispense the
crowd and Umberto returns to his cheap furnished room which he shares
with his dog Flick. Umberto's lone friend is Maria, servant of the
boarding house. She is a simple girl who is pregnant by one of two soldiers, and neither will admit to being the father. When Umberto's
landlady Antonia demands the rent owed her and threatens eviction if she
is not paid, Umberto tries desperately to raise the money by selling
his books and watch. He is too proud to beg in the streets and can not
get a loan from any of his acquaintances. He contracts a sore throat, is
admitted to a hospital, and this puts a delay on his financial
difficulty. Discharged, he finds that his dog is gone and, following a
frantic search, locates him in the city dog pound. His room has been
taken over by the landlady and the now-homeless Umberto determines to
find a place for his beloved dog, and then kill himself. Unsuccessful,
he resolves that his dog must die with him, and he stands in the path of a
train, with his dog in his arms. More on Wikipedia or Mubi
Cannes Film Festival, 1952- Official Selection Academy Awards, 1957- Nominee: Best Writing, Motion Picture Story Locarno International Film festival, 2007- official selection Viennale, 2015- official Selection Top 100 Italian Movies Trailer
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