"De Sica's film combines a ruthless critique of post-war Italian society with the warm sentimentality of Chaplin or Capra. In this lies the key to the film's greatness, that De Sica and his collaborators found a way to walk the line between alienation and saccharine simplicity."
~ Jeff McMahon
Coming tonight at 9:00 PM: The latest of our short film inductees this year is pretty harrowing stuff.
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