rural versus urban morality

His neorealist films like 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Umberto D.' expose the moral struggles of urban poor against corrupt city systems, contrasting rural simplicity with urban desperation.

Films like 'Days of Heaven' and 'The Thin Red Line' juxtapose pastoral innocence with urban corruption and the moral consequences of industrialization and war.

His works explore how rural communities maintain ethical integrity and family bonds while urban society fragments morally, notably in 'Still Walking' and 'Like Father, Like Son.'