This film was about a really old pensioner named Umberto Domenico Ferrari who comes back to his apartment style house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his mean landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog, Flike, will be kicked out onto the street and become homeless. Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital to stall and make some time to find money, while giving Flike to the landlady's pregnant maid to watch while he's gone.
This film was an Italian Neorealistic film, directed by Vittorio De Sica. This took place during Italy's postwar economic recovery. After he gets kicked out of his house for failing to pay the rent, he ends up struggling to find basic goods to fulfill his basic needs such as food, shelter, and companionship. This was overall not a really technical film and was mainly showcasing the hardships of the old man, Umberto, and how tough it was to go through what he was going through in order to live. A scene that stood out to me was when he tried to find Flike at the place where they kill the dogs that have not been found. It was hard to watch and it took an emotional toll on the audience. This showed the essence of what life was like for the average old man who went through what Umberto went through. Overall, this film was pretty boring. I had my hopes up for this film because I thought I loved Neorealistic film, but I guess not. I had high expectations based off of how good Bicycle Thieves was, but this was disappointing. This felt like watching an old guy have a bad time getting through a month of his life, which it exactly was but for some reason this film did not do it for me.
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