Sunday Nov 29 | Washington Times
VAULTS: Rediscovering De Sica the actor
The great Italian actor-director Vittorio De Sica began performing in his teens and emerged as a popular leading man of Italian film comedies in the early 1930s, while simultaneously managing his own theatrical troupe.
Dir. Vittorio De Sica . The classic period of Italian neo-realism came to an end with the downbeat tale of an impoverished Roman pensioner struggling to maintain his dignity.
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In the film realm, various directors and script writers such as Marcel CarnA© and Jacques PrA©vert or Vittorio De Sica and Cesare Zavattini have kept very close relations.
A Ritm Prod. production, presented with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Republic.
Like the Italian neo-realists who served as his inspiration, Ken Loach has acquired a reputation as the leading socially conscious director working in Britain.
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