biography
pronunciation:
[tsavateenee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1902–89)
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| biography:
| Writer, film director, and scriptwriter, born in Luzzara, Emilia-Romagna, N Italy. He began his career with novels where social commitment is infused with humour and a touch of Surrealism, as in Parliamo tanto di me (1931), Io sono il diavolo (1941), and Totò il buono (1943). His work with Vittorio de Sica resulted in some of the best examples of neo-realist cinema, including Sciuscià (1946), Ladri di biciclette (1948, The Bicycle Thieves), Miracolo a Milano (1951), L'oro di Napoli (1954), and La ciociara (1960). |
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