Italian Neorealism

Italian Neorealism
Neorealism: a movement especially in Italian filmmaking characterized by the simple direct depiction of lower-class life.
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<Tab/>In the 1950's the common man of Italy was immersed in poverty and peasantry. The lower-class was uneasy at best and looking for an outlet to their discomfort. In the beginning the movement was a deliberate rejection of movies made by state-controlled studios in Italy during the long fascist regime of Mussolini. The neorealist began using truth in film as a cry for help. Italian neorealists not only used man…