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  • Essay / Umberto D by Vittorio De Sica: neorealism in Italian cinema

    After the war, people did not want to go to the cinema and watch a film that looked exactly like their daily life, full of social problems and due poverty to war. Additionally, most of the films were low budget films due to Italy's terrible economy after the war. This was no longer necessary with the implementation of the American Martial Plan which stimulated an economic boom in Italy. The king of the half portion featured in Ettore Scola's We All Loved Each Other So Much, many could only afford to eat half portions due to lack of money after the war. But this restaurant became much less popular after the economic boom, as people no longer needed to eat half portions. Likewise, after the economic boom, low-budget films, neorealist films, were no longer necessary. On top of this, neorealist films were unpopular and most never broke even. This is how we moved away from neorealist films; with all movements there is a beginning, a peak and a