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Umberto D. (pronounced [umˈbɛrto di]) is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Most of the actors were non-professional, including Carlo Battisti who plays the title role of Umberto Domenico Ferrari, a poor elderly man in Rome who is desperately trying to keep his rented room.
Aug 9, 2021 · A classic Italian neorealism film that captures humanity in times of despair. “Umberto D.” is realistic and 60-years-later, many can still feel compassion for Umberto because those emotions still run strong, as poverty is still a major problem today.
Umberto D is no different, following the titular retiree as he struggles to live, and give a good life to his dog Flike. The government won’t pay him a reasonable pension, he has nothing to sell of worth, and is seemingly unwanted by society in general.
Apr 28, 2002 · Vittorio De Sica ‘s “Umberto D” (1952) is the story of the old man’s struggle to keep from falling from poverty into shame. It may be the best of the Italian neorealist films–the one that is most simply itself, and does not reach for its effects or strain to make its message clear.
Aug 18, 2022 · Umberto D. cannot be regarded as a work of that ultimate austerity which Zavattini demands from a neorealist film. Its story is loosely dramatised and its progression of events mounts to an interior, if not to a practical, climax.
Sep 4, 2012 · Umberto D. is perhaps the most astringent film ever made about a poor old man and his dog. Critics today tend to like the astringent parts: the long, deliberately undramatic sequences full of mundane activity (such as a housemaid’s morning routine), performed with little or no dialogue and shot as if in real time.
Umberto D. This neorealist masterpiece by Vittorio De Sica follows an elderly pensioner as he strives to make ends meet during Italy’s postwar economic recovery.
