The Breakdown
- De Sica's single clear voice, zero committee
- Father-son bond as moral center, no lectures
- Black-and-white grit, real streets, real stakes
- Poverty shown as grinding, not aesthetic
- Audience treated like adults from frame one
Side Effects
ancestors filing a thank-you note
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