rural vs urban culture

His neorealist films like 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Umberto D.' starkly contrast rural traditions with the harsh realities of urban poverty and modernization.

Films like 'Still Walking' and 'Like Father, Like Son' intimately explore the tension between rural family heritage and urban contemporary life.

His socially conscious cinema consistently examines how rural communities and working-class urban populations are affected by industrial and social change.