Umberto D.

adult

aging, survival, loneliness, poverty, urban setting, existential, social struggle, neorealism, human dignity, intimate character study, italy, emotional restraint, elderly protagonist, post-war rome, companionship with dog, government assistance, father-son equivalent, man and animal bond, modest life, compassionate, 1950s, 20th century, dog, elderly, hospital, hunger, italy, landlady, neo realism, old man, pension, servant, unsociability, year 1952, black and white, italian neo realism, rome, italy, retiree, despair, rent

Italy