Campus Film Series
The Bicycle Thief
Thursday-Sunday, May 13-16
Davies Theatre | 6pm & 8:30pm
In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man who hopes to support his desperate family with a new job loses his bicycle. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief. “If film means anything to you,” Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan wrote, “you’ve at least heard of the Italian neorealist classic The Bicycle Thief, in its time, as the Village Voice’s J. Hoberman has written, ‘surely the most universally praised movie produced anywhere on planet Earth.’ But even if you watched it way back in the day, it’s likely been decades since you’ve seen it. Directed by Vittorio De Sica and first released in the U.S. in 1949, Bicycle Thief has become one of those venerable masterpieces that people pay lip service to but never revisit out of fear that it has somehow become dated. And that would be a terrible mistake.” The Academy Award-winning film defined an era in cinema.
Italy 1948 | 93 min | B&W | subtitled | NR | Directed by
Vittorio De Sica | IFS
For More Information: IMDb | Trailer
Free Admission Information
Admission to all campus films (except as noted) is free with a valid Blugold ID Card or International Film
Society membership card.
Community members interested in attending a Campus Film Series screening must first purchase an International Film Society membership. IFS memberships are available at the Service Center in Davies Center's east lobby and are valid throughout the academic year. Individual IFS memberships are $4 and family IFS memberships are $10.
