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No 194 - Ladri Di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thieves) Director - Vittorio De Sica A man has his bike nicked and then he and his son go and look for it. I really don't have a lot more to say about this film. I only wrote about 4 lines of notes throughout it. I'll admit that there are a couple of things which did limit my enjoyment. Firstly, I don't know much (if anything) about Italy in the 40's - I'm aware they were probably suffering post war, but I don't know what the hardships were and as this film is very much about that era's financial struggles, I felt slightly out of the loop.I'm all up for films making you have to think, but I don't think you should have to do research before sitting down to watch a movie (although, I'm aware that at the time of release it was all culturally relevant) Secondly - I don't know who does the subtitling for Arrow Films , but they seemingly assume that everyone must be able to speak SOME Italian. As for larg...