De Sica

American  

[duh see-kuh, de see-kah] / də ˈsi kə, dɛ ˈsi kɑ /

noun

1. Vittorio 1901–74, Italian motion-picture director, producer, and actor.

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de Sica British  

/ de ˈsiːka /

noun

1. Vittorio (vitˈtɔːrjo). 1902–74, Italian film actor and director. His films, in the neorealist tradition, include Shoeshine (1946) and Bicycle Thieves (1948)

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Example Sentences

Carmeli-Pollak began writing in 2014, inspired by Vittorio De Sica’s “The Bicycle Thief,” another film about the challenge to morality in a world of economic and social despair.

From The Wall Street Journal

She won the Academy Award for best actress for her performance as Cesira in Vittorio De Sica’s 1960 war drama “Two Women.”

From Los Angeles Times

She won the Academy Award for best actress for her role as Cesira in Vittorio De Sica’s 1960 war drama “Two Women.”

From Los Angeles Times

The film, in which Pee-wee’s cherished bike is stolen, was said to be loosely based on Vittorio De Sica’s Italian neo-realist classic, “The Bicycle Thief.”

From Seattle Times

Raised on a censor-approved diet of propaganda and escapist fare, he was energized by bleak and poetic masterworks by neorealist Italian filmmakers such as Vittorio De Sica.

From Washington Post