World cinema has seen various different movements and phases throughout history, of which American film, Hollywood, is the best known and most successful. However, after the end of World War II, a new film movement emerged seen as an alternative to Hollywood. Focusing more on daily struggles, injustice, social concerns, etc. of the poor working-class population, the movement offered distinctive and unorthodox techniques of film production and performance in the 1940s and 1950s. The movement is known as Italian neorealism, and more than twenty classic neorealist films of the period can be found. Bicycle Thieves (1948) by director Vittorio De Sica is among the greatest exponents of the movement, as it focuses on the difficulties of Italy's difficult economic and moral suffering, such as abandonment, injustice and solidarity, through stylistic techniques that characterize the Italian neorealism. Italian neorealism focuses on the problems of the working-class population of post-war Italy. It dates back to the period following the end of the Second World War, when the psyche and daily living conditions of Italy and its citizens were going through great changes. Italian society was facing poverty, oppression, injustice and desperation; each of which is a major theme of neorealist films. After the Italian dictator, the execution of Benito Mussolini (1883 – 1945), and the liberation of Italy from Germany in April 1945, the nation began to break away from old notions into new ways, also known as the Italian Spring. This conformation also influenced the film industry which veered towards a new (neo)realistic approach. In the history of Italian cinema, neorealism is defined as a movement or trend, rather than as an actual school or group of theoretically motivated directors. Obsession (...... middle of paper ...... a new topic of knowledge, with directing techniques such as the use of non-professional casts, avoiding cutting and editing of post-production shots and filming in location, just as it challenged the social welfare of post-war Italy by addressing the poor working class, with endings that often leave unanswered questions and no classic Hollywood happy ending neglecting the staging of Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves is one of the greats of all time, and offers all the characteristics of the daily life of Italian workers in the most realistic and touching way, making the audience reflect on actions and relationships. While Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti are among the best followers of neorealism and directors in general, Vittorio De. Sica strikes the public with his masterpiece Bicycle Thieves even today, far from post-war Italy.