![]() ![]() Through his obedience and appreciation for his father, the audience sees how much Bruno looks up to Antonio in the beginning of the film. Even immediately after Antonio’s bicycle is stolen, their relationship prevails and both father and son begin a search for the stolen bike. At the beginning, the audience sees the excitement both Antonio and his son have for the possibilities this new job gives their family. As the film progresses, the relationship between Antonio and Bruno slowly deteriorates. In terms of the father-son relationship depicted in The Bicycle Thief, this film could be considered a tragedy. Second, The Bicycle Thief also explored the evolution of the relationship between the Antonio, the father, and Bruno, the son. Although overall it seemed that while both families lived in poverty, the family in The Bicycle Thief was a little better off and de Sica didn’t portray poverty as harshly as Chaplin. Similarly, both families were treated the same by other people in the film, particularly police. The sons in each family also had to contribute in some way to provide for the rest of their families. Both fathers had to rely on a type of small, odd job in order to provide for their family because both lived in a time where neither could get a regular day job to support themselves. While there were material differences, the two families’ social status compared to others in the films seemed rather similar. The family in The Bicycle Thief however, has an apartment with multiple rooms, more than one bed, and a larger kitchen amongst other things. Their living space is only one room equipped with only a bed, a table, a chair, and a small kitchen set. In The Kid, the main characters have next to nothing in their possession. First, we had already encountered a depiction of extreme poverty in Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid, but the poverty in The Bicycle Thief was portrayed a little bit differently. There were a couple things to consider after watching the film The Bicycle Thief directed by Vittorio de Sica. ![]()
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