Bicycle Thieves

The film Bicycle Thieves is about a struggling italian father named Antonio searching for work.  You immediately realize how desperate his family is for money when they are forced to sell their sheets for money.  With the money he buys a bike in order to be hired for a job.  Everything goes downhill once his bicycle is stolen, hence the title.  Other then knowing that this will cost him his job the real sadness if for his young son Bruno.  The film turns into a father-son story where the son goes every where with him in search of the bicycle.  With no help from the police they go everywhere looking for the one thing that every person seems to have.  You start really feeling miserable for these two and are as lost as the father is on what he should do.  The little boy's acting was surprisingly impressive for someone who appeared to be just picked off the streets.