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De Sica

De Sica

noun

Vittorio 1901–74, Italian motion-picture director, producer, and actor.
de Sica

de Sica

noun

Vittorio (vitˈtɔːrjo). 1902–74, Italian film actor and director. His films, in the neorealist tradition, include Shoeshine (1946) and Bicycle Thieves (1948)

De Sica

American

[duh see-kuh, de see-kah] / də ˈsi kə, dɛ ˈsi kɑ /

noun

Vittorio 1901–74, Italian motion-picture director, producer, and actor.

de Sica British

/ de ˈsiːka /

noun

Vittorio (vitˈtɔːrjo). 1902–74, Italian film actor and director. His films, in the neorealist tradition, include Shoeshine (1946) and Bicycle Thieves (1948)

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Raised on a censor-approved diet of propaganda and escapist fare, he was energized by bleak and poetic masterworks by neorealist Italian filmmakers such as Vittorio De Sica.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

But when you see her in the De Sica films like “Two Women” or “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” she is just diamond.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022

What are your memories of working with Vittorio De Sica?

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2020

Roma is a throwback to the great Italian neorealist film-makers Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018

The circumstances under which De Sica made “After the Fox” are too complex to get into here.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2017

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