Umberto D. - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)

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Umberto D. - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)This neorealist masterpiece by Vittorio De Sica (Bicycle Thieves) follows the daily life of an elderly pensioner as he struggles to make ends meet during Italys postwar economic recovery. Alone except for his dog, Flike, Umberto is determined to maintain his dignity in a city where human kindness seems to have been swallowed up by the forces of modernization. His simple quest to satisfy his most fundamental needsfood, shelter, companionshipmakes for

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