THEME EXPLORATION
poverty and rural life
Tracing the thread…
Vittorio De Sica · Italy
His neorealist masterpieces like 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Umberto D.' capture the dignity and desperation of impoverished urban and rural life with unmatched humanism.
Ken Loach · United Kingdom
He consistently documents working-class struggle and rural poverty through socially conscious cinema, from 'Kes' to 'I, Daniel Blake.'