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Overall Rank: 868
Average Rating: 3.1/4
# of Ratings: 46
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1952
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Actors: Maria-Pia Casilio, Carlo Battisti, Elena Rea, Memmo Carotenuto, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova
Plot: An old service man is trying to pay rent on his small and dwindling pension. He must deal with his landlady, and society to try and make it work in his final days of his life.
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3/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 09/04/2011
Like the great De Sica films, "Umberto D" is a film that thrives on the little moments of humanity that are captured in low-budget realism. It's a sad and somber film that ends on a slightly hopeful note. Definitely doesn't spoonfeed you its themes and sticks with you long after.
Rating of
4/4
kustaa - wrote on 12/10/2007
Well. De Sica was indeed a master. Bykes thief is a masterpiece, very hard to surpass, but this one is a more mature film. Not only because of the script, but you can tell the style and how the film starts, developes and ends, it's more profound and thought provoking. Inevitably, great directors always evolve, so did Vittorio. The movie is a tragic drama, very sad, but at the same time, sweet and full of hope. The ending is simply fantastic, and, to my taste, in the last half hour, maybe 45 mins. you start to see wonderful shots, that seem to be taken from another movie. So, yes. Low budget, and neorrealism can be pretty visually stunning. Without doubts, I movie we all should see.
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