Question

In a film by this director, an old man simply tells a pregnant maid “I’m tired” upon finding that his landlady has knocked a giant hole in the wall of his room. In that film by this director, a pensioner who is too proud to beg for rent money has his dog sit on the street with his hat in its mouth. One of this director’s characters repeatedly looks over at a rich boy as he drinks wine for the first time in a crowded restaurant. Screenwriter Cesare Zavattini collaborated with this director on films like Umberto D. that starred non-professional actors. Antonio Ricci looks away while putting up a Rita Hayworth poster in a 1948 film by this director in which he wanders Rome with his son, searching for a stolen vehicle. For 10 points, (-5[1])what Italian neorealist directed Bicycle Thieves? ■END■ (10[1]0[5])

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