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The movement is characterized by realistic plots filmed in long takes on location, preferably using many non- actors for secondary and sometimes primary roles. Italian neorealism typically describes the difficult economical and moral conditions of Italy, the changes in the mentality of the people and in the everyday life after the war: the defeat, the poverty, the desperation (Open City is an exception: it is set during the war and deals with resistance efforts). Because Cinecittà (the main Italian studios) were occupied by the refugees, films were shot outdoor, on the devastated roads of a defeated country. This genre was soon instrumentally used for political purposes too, but the directors were generally able to keep a distinguishing barrier between art and politics. As a contrasting scheme with previous tendencies, Italian neorealism refuses therefore the false depiction of world that was common in the canons of Telefoni Bianchi , even if it isn't ideally directed toward picaresque.

The name comes from the literary genre of realism, especially after the works of some authors of the end of 19th century, in Italy best known by the verismo, notably for Giovanni Verga's works.

Most famous Italian neorealist films include Umberto D. , The Bicycle Thief and Shoeshine by Vittorio De SicaVittorio De Sica ( July 7 1901 November 13 1974) was an Italian neorealist director and actor. Life Born into poverty in Sora ( Frosinone), he began his career as a theatre actor in the early 1920s and joined Tatiana Pavlova's theatre company in 1923. (written with scenarist Cesare ZavattiniCesare Zavattini ( September 20, 1902- October 13, 1989) was a Italian screenwriter noted for neo-realist films. Born at Luzzara, near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, on September 20, 1902, Zavattini studied law at the University of Parma, but devoted hi) and Open City by Roberto RosselliniRoberto Rossellini ( May 8, 1906 June 3, 1977), was an Italian film director. Rossellini was one of the most important directors of Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma citta aperta to the movement. Life and work Born in a bourgeois. Many other works indeed were produced by several other authors.

Some of Pier Paolo PasoliniPier Paolo Pasolini ( March 5, 1922 November 2, 1975) was a Italian poet, film director, and writer, who, in his films about the socially outcast and rebellious, frequently used amateur actors. Life and work He was born in Bologna, traditionally the most's works in the 1970s were considered part of a new neorealist sub-genre, even if Pasolini's attention to picaresque was this time openly declared and evident. The neorealist content would then be in an accessory description, spectacular and perhaps documentary, of some elements of true common life in Italy during and after the so-called economic "boom" of the 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around.

In recent times other movies have been produced that deeply recall the neorealist canons, including works by Gianni D'Amelio and others. Arguably, something of neorealism can be found in most Italian cinema and often also in TVSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p fictionThree Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. Fiction is the term used to describe works of the imagination. This is in contrast to non-fiction, which.

Italian neorealism was inspired by French cinema verite (and deeply inspired the French New Wave), German Kammerspiel, and influenced the American documentary movement and the Polish Film School. Its effects can be seen as recently as the Danish Dogme 95 movement.