Umberto D. (1952)

Directed by

Vittorio De Sica

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 745 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly man in Rome struggles to afford his rented room and faces eviction. His only companions are a housemaid and his small dog, but neither can solve his problems.

melancholicslow-burngroundedtenderlonelypoignantquiet

What happens

Umberto D. (pronounced [umˈbɛrto ˈdi]) is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Most of the actors were non-professional, including Carlo Battisti who plays the title role of Umberto Domenico Ferrari, a poor elderly man in Rome who is desperately trying to keep his rented room. His landlady (Lina Gennari) is evicting him and his only true friends, the housemaid (Maria-Pia Casilio) and his dog Flike (called 'Flag' in some subtitled versions of the film) are of no help. According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, this was De Sica's favorite of all his films. The movie was included in TIME magazine's "All-TIME 100 Movies" in 2005. The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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