A la Roma de la postguerra, un obrer sense feina aconsegueix un senzill treball enganxant cartells a condició que tingui una bicicleta. Obra mestra del neorealisme italià que forma juntament amb "Umberto D." i "Miracolo a Milano" la famosa trilogia de De Sica.
During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
Els veïns d'un poble de la costa adriàtica italiana són gent amable i cortesa que es dediquen afanosament a la feina. Només cinc joves trenquen l'harmonia de la comunitat: cap d'ells no ha treballat mai i ni tan sols se n'avergonyeix.
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.
Evocació de la vida de sant Francesc d’Assís, interpretada per alguns frares autèntics. Una visió captivadora de l’existència que rebutja el materialisme i la violència.
A foreign visitor to Bulgaria finds himself accidentally involved in a chase for a stray child. The latter seriously injures him, but will also try in his own way to save him.
In an urban Indian city, A struggling actor battles for his career, but his friend who loses money in a scam deal commits an action that puts both of their lives in danger. The three last days before the incident follows the struggling actor, an ambitious filmmaker, a wannabe hustler, an opportunist, a lover and two cinephile thugs, through an inter-twining vignette of their lives.
A woman is rescued after a shipwreck by two fishermen and falls in love with one of them, whereupon the other jealousy attempts a fratricide and other intrigues. The film seems almost like a prelude to Italian neo-realism. Filmed on Sicily, Corsica and on the French Riviera.