#neorealism

I grew up hearing the name Vittorio De Sica. He was a giant in Italian cinema, but I dismissed him as just another popular filmmaker. That was until last week, when I watched his 1970 movie, Sunflower.

Our fascination with movies comes from our need to escape, even for a couple of hours, the world we live in and immerse ourselves in a fictitious universe, be part of a completely new story, see the world