Word: umbertos
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...Monarchist in name only-the autographed portrait of King Umberto II that graced his desk has recently disappeared -Lauro has no illusions about restoring the House of Savoy. His more modest goal is to build the sagging Italian right into a political force strong enough to help govern Italy in coalition with the Christian Democrats...
...Gambler is one of four good reasons why the latest work of Vittorio De Sica (Shoeshine, Bicycle Thief, Umberto D) to be released in the U.S. is a notable example of the rare sort of laughter that leaves in the mind a melancholy aftertone. The three other reasons, equally good, are the other episodes in this masterly collection of Giuseppe Marotta's tales of Naples, translated to the screen by Marotta, De Sica and Scriptwriter Cesare Zavattini...
...Umberto D. A man walks the plank of old age, and the Italian realist cinema dies with a gentle curse: Vittorio De Sica's most careful film (TIME...
...Umberto D. A man walks the plank of old age, and the Italian realist cinema dies with a gentle curse: Vittorio De Sica's most careful film (TIME...
...Umberto D. A man walks the plank of old age, and the Italian realist cinema dies with a gentle curse: Vittorio De Sica's most careful film (TIME...