Published Date:
23 June 2009
ON Monday June 29 at the Playhouse Cinema, Louth Film Club will screen a shiny new print of Bicycle Thieves, a classic of Italian and international cinema.
Vittoria de Sica's masterpiece, first released in 1948, was nearly lost to posterity before its painstaking restoration and re-release in December last year.
The film tells the moving story of a man and his son searching for the stolen bicycle on which the father depends for his poorly paid job of distributing and pasting up cinema posters.
It's also a powerful but compassionate portrayal of the hardships of life in Italy after World War II.
Bicycle Thieves, in black & white with subtitles, is Certificate U.
The film starts at 7.30pm and tickets cost £3 for members and normal cinema prices (£5 or £4 concessions) for non-members.
* You can pick up Louth Film Club's 2009/10 programme at Off The Beaten Tracks record shop in Aswell Street, Louth on 01507 607677 or at the Playhouse Cinema. Alternatively, log onto the club's website www.louthfilmclub.co.uk.
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Last Updated:
23 June 2009 8:25 AM
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Location:
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