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Umberto D (1952)
Sometimes the greatest love in your life is a pet. In this beautiful classic Italian film, Umberto is a retired civil servant with no friends or family except his dog. He's threatened with eviction when he can't pay the rent in the sad room where he's lived for 30 years. It sounds depressing, but it doesn't stay depressing. Film lovers may see this story in the equally moving 2008 Michelle Williams movie, Wendy and Lucy, about a troubled woman and her beloved dog. Umberto D comes from Vittorio De Sica, director of the deceptively simple but powerful Italian neorealist classic The Bicycle Thief. If you really want to feed those feelings of loneliness and desperation, watch all three movies in a row.
Sometimes the greatest love in your life is a pet. In this beautiful classic Italian film, Umberto is a retired civil servant with no friends or family except his dog. He's threatened with eviction when he can't pay the rent in the sad room where he's lived for 30 years. It sounds depressing, but it doesn't stay depressing. Film lovers may see this story in the equally moving 2008 Michelle Williams movie, Wendy and Lucy, about a troubled woman and her beloved dog. Umberto D comes from Vittorio De Sica, director of the deceptively simple but powerful Italian neorealist classic The Bicycle Thief. If you really want to feed those feelings of loneliness and desperation, watch all three movies in a row.
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