Uptown Talkies Presents: Bicycle Thieves & Il Posto

Double Feature

Bicycle Thieves is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows Antonio Ricci, an unemployed father in post-WWII Rome, who finds a job hanging posters that requires a bicycle. When his bike is stolen on day one, he and his young son Bruno desperately search the city

Il Posto (also known as The Job) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Ermanno Olmi. It follows Domenico, a young teen who leaves his small town for Milan to secure a safe, lifelong desk job at a large, faceless company. Along the way, he meets a fellow applicant named Antonietta, navigates strange corporate tests, and slowly loses his youthful spirit to the gray routine of modern work.