Bicycle Thieves Reflection

Bicycle Thieves Reflection In the film Bicycle Thieves, directed by Desica, the use of realism is portrayed. This film is taken place in Italy during 1984; it revolves around the main character Antonio and his son Bruno. After getting his bicycle stolen from a man, Antonio goes on a quest with his son in order to find the bicycle he and his wife pawned in order to help him with work. In the end, Antonio becomes desperate for a bicycle because of the words a seer he had gone to see concerning his bike had said, “If you do not find it today, you never will”. With those words he became so obsessed in finding his bicycle that when he did not find it, he resulted in stealing another man’s bicycle. In the process of doing this, he sets a bad example for his son Bruno and gets caught although he is not pressed charges. Which is why the title of this film is called Bicycle Thieves, plural. This film represents realism because in life, there are bad situations that there is nothing you can do about. I thought it was unfair that Antonio had been the one to get his bike stolen and not many people had helped him capture the thief, unlike where at the end the man who Antonio tried to steal from had gotten a lot of help. But that is to go without saying that the term “life is unfair” is put literal. Although I had felt sympathetic towards Antonio most of the film, it really phased me when he tried stealing another man’s bicycle because it seemed he reached a point that had been unnecessary to do. As soon as I saw this happen, my sympathy left for Antonio and it turned into more of a disappointed feeling because Antonio had reached a new point of desperation that was not an example to be given to his son, Bruno. The film was portrayed realistically because life has many bad moments and unfair obstacles that drive you to be another person.