23
Jun 2008
I Bambini ci guardano (Vittorio De Sica, 1944)
Posted in 映画 (film) by Jun-Dai at 10:30 pm |
On DVD at home with Lucía on 23 June 2008 at around 22:30.
Manipulative? Maybe, but not in a way I really minded. You can certainly see the principles of neorealism sounding strong in this film, and in some ways I liked this better than Bicycle Thieves even if it was a little less polished and little more centered on its principle characters. Luciano De Ambrosis, the child actor that played Pricò, is nothing short of amazing, carrying the emotional weight of the film as effectively as Doinel in Le 400 coups. The story itself felt a little unusual (the tragic father, the guilt-ridden but easily seduced and unforgivable mother), but it was even stranger to see the whole thing from the child’s eyes.
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