Gastone Renzelli

In Vittorio De Sica’s slice-of-life drama, another remarkable collaboration with Bicycle Thieves screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, love perseveres even in times of poverty. Driven by an optimistic faith in the rallying power of community, The Roof counters the wealth gap with working-class solidarity.

A memorable film by the master of Italian neorealism, Luchino Visconti, with the Oscar-winning actress Anna Magnani. Maddalena Cecconi is a young mother from the lower class determined to get her beautiful daughter Maria engaged in the movie that is going to be shoot in Cinecittà. A masterpiece about Post-War Italy, dreams and illusions.