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In 1980 I saw this film at Chapter Arts centre in Cardiff after a lecture from musty but legendary film critic Dilys Powell. She had Umberto D (about a man and his dog for goodness sake) down as her favourite movie of all time. And you’ve got to remember that she had sat through about 35,000 films in her lifetime. As you might imagine I was fairly intrigued at this prospect. The reality is that this film genuinely delivers like no other, if you like your heart shaken and stirred with something authentic. Now I weep fairly easily at movies when the going gets tough, but this one is truly in a class of its absorb. In fact the final scenes are so painful and poignant that even 20 years later I cannot bewitch them without emotion. But ironically this film leaves you feeling better than when you went in about the human spirit, and that’s why I judge it’s ultimately so mammoth.
Vittorio DeSica’s astounding “Umberto D” was one of the last films of the Italian neo-realism movement and by far its best one. It is also one of my approved movies ever. The movie’s premise is simple: it is a crop of the life of a awful lonely pensioner, Umberto. Throughout the movie, we recognize Umberto struggle to rep money to pay rent to his bad landlady, worship his dog Flike, and deal with the loneliness and disillusionment of the postwar era.
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“Umberto D” is a character-driven film. It works very well because of its moving observations on loneliness and poignant gestures. The gestures evoke much feelings without necessitating dialogue. Many of the scenes, even the ones that do not necessarily near the area, are hypnotically glowing in their simplicity. Win, for example, a glowing scene where Umberto finally needs to beg for money but cannot physically bring himself to do it. He extends his palm up, but when a passer-by stops to give him money, Umberto expeditiously flips his hand over, as if testing for rain. The film is fat of these cramped gestures that quietly emphasize the desperate loneliness and poignancy of Umberto’s position.
The acting in this film is absolutely helpful. Carlo Battisti, despite having never acted before, is astonishing as the titular character; his face is a spirited blend of stubborn dignity and weariness of life. Maria Pia-Casilio, who plays the maid, is unprejudiced as first-rate as evoking life’s loneliness and aloof desperation. The supporting cast is also very strong.
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One of the very few criticisms I have heard of this film is that it is too sentimental and borderline sappy. While some scenes with Umberto and his dog Flike are sentimental, never is it “too” sentimental. DeSica knows how far he can push his film without making it sappy, and he wisely shows it as it is. Nothing feels forced. The subject material itself and the simplicity in which it is presented will bring tears. (If you don’t yowl in this movie, you need to have your heart professionally de-thawed.) But “Umberto D” is never dumbed down into sappiness and clichéd corniness. It is a very considerable film.
“Umberto D” is the masterpiece of the Italian neo-realist era. Fair the grand and ambiguous ending alone is worth the imprint. It’s a rather bleak and very realistic movie, but it makes some sharp commentary on the human condition, specifically the loneliness we face. Highly, highly recommended. 5/5
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