Enzo Staiola, unforgettable child actor of Bicycle Thieves, passes away

Enzo Staiola as Bruno Ricci in ‘Bicycle Thieves’

Italian actor Enzo Staiola, immortalised on display screen for taking part in little Bruno in Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves, handed away on June 6. He was 85.

According to a report within the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Staiola handed away in Rome. No rapid trigger of his loss of life was given.

Bicycle Thieves is a masterpiece of Italian neo-realist cinema. A shifting story of household, hardship and post-war society, the movie adopted little Bruno as he accompanied his father round city in search of his misplaced bicycle. A touching scene finds father and son at a restaurant, consuming low cost sandwiches and enjoyable within the face of desperation. Indian filmmakers like Satyajit Ray and Anurag Kashyap have named Bicycle Thieves as a significant affect on their lives.

Enzo Staiola was eight when he was picked by De Sica for Bicycle Thieves. He appeared in different movies (together with one with Humphrey Bogart) however his appearing profession did not take off. Moving away, Staiola taught arithmetic and labored as a clerk on the land registry, earlier than returning for his final movie function within the 1978 giallo The Pyjama Girl Case.