ITAL 152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bicycle Thieves
8 May 2018
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ITAL152 Lecture #10 - Bicycle Thieves Part 2
Movie Viewing - Bicycle Thieves Part 2
●Most famous movie of Italian Cinema
●Pure Neorealist film
○All characters were played by non-professional actors
●Plot Highlights
○Sell wedding sheets to get a bike for his new job
○Antonio gets a job delivering posters and newspapers
○Gets his bike stolen while working at the Florida
○Him, Bruno, Meniconi, Bagonghi, and Bairco try to find/replace the bike parts
○Chases bike thief again
○Catches the thief a few days later with a police officer but has no proof
○Sees a bunch of unattended bikes and paces back and forth deciding whether he
should take one of not
○Attempts to steal a bike
○Gets caught stealing the bike
○Antonio keeps not seeing when Bruno gets injured/almost injured
■Torn apart through causation of how everyone was suffering
■Bruno had a job at age 7
●Characters
○Antonio Ricci
■Gets a job but needs a bike
○Maria
■Antonio’s wife
○Bruno
■Antonio’s and Maria’s son
○N/A
■Antonio’s and Maria’s daughter
○Santona
■The Holy One, the one who sees
○Alfredo Catelli
■The bike thief, Steals bike from Antonio while he is putting up posters
○Bocchia
■Acts in plays, Antonio’s friend
○Meniconi
■Antonio’s friend
○Bagonghi
■Antonio’s friend
○Old man
Document Summary
Ital152 lecture #10 - bicycle thieves part 2. All characters were played by non-professional actors. Sell wedding sheets to get a bike for his new job. Antonio gets a job delivering posters and newspapers. Gets his bike stolen while working at the florida. Him, bruno, meniconi, bagonghi, and bairco try to find/replace the bike parts. Catches the thief a few days later with a police officer but has no proof. Sees a bunch of unattended bikes and paces back and forth deciding whether he should take one of not. Antonio keeps not seeing when bruno gets injured/almost injured. Torn apart through causation of how everyone was suffering. Bruno had a job at age 7. Gets a job but needs a bike. The holy one, the one who sees. The bike thief, steals bike from antonio while he is putting up posters. Makes an exchange with the thief, gives antonio the thief"s address.
