Luisa Alessandri

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Bicycle Thieves
8.3

Bicycle Thieves

Nov. 24, 1948

Bicycle Thieves

Antonio, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, at last finds a good job hanging up posters, the only requirement for ...
The Roof
7.4

The Roof

Sep. 29, 1956

The Roof

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the ...
Miracle in Milan
7.7

Miracle in Milan

Feb. 08, 1951

Miracle in Milan

Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an ...
Umberto D.
8.2

Umberto D.

Jan. 20, 1952

Umberto D.

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady ...
The Children Are Watching Us
7.7

The Children Are Watching Us

In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic ...
Bread, Love and Dreams
7.0

Bread, Love and Dreams

Dec. 22, 1953

Bread, Love and Dreams

Marshal Antonio Carotenuto is sent to a remote Italian mountain village named Sagliena. He’s anxious to marry, and selects young Gina ...
Frisky
6.6

Frisky

Dec. 06, 1954

Frisky

In a small Italian village, Maria De Ritas is engaged to army Lieutenant Pietro Stelluti. Stelluti’s superior officer, Marshal Antonio ...
Scandal in Sorrento
6.5

Scandal in Sorrento

Dec. 22, 1955

Scandal in Sorrento

Marshall Antonio Carotenuto comes back to native Sorrento to settle and take care of the local traffic police. Since his seafront house is rented ...
The Sign of Venus
6.5

The Sign of Venus

Mar. 12, 1955

The Sign of Venus

Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira Franca Valeri, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also ...