Bicycle Thieves

Rome, years after World War II. Antonio Ricci has been out of work for a long time and must support his wife, Maria, their son Bruno, and a newborn baby. He is finally offered a job posting public notices around the city, a scarce opportunity in postwar Italy. There is one condition: he needs a bicycle to do the job, and his is in pawn. Antonio sees no way to raise the money to get it back. Maria then makes a decision. She takes her dowry sheets, items highly valued by a poor family, to the pawnshop, and with the money she receives, she manages to redeem the bicycle. The movie follows Antonio, with Bruno at his side, as he prepares for his first day of work.