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  De Sica

  noun

  Vittorio 1901–74, Italian motion-picture director, producer, and actor.
• de Sica
  de Sica

  noun

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

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

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 • Feb. 10, 2023

Kore-Eda has an emotionally direct style, a way of fusing naturalism and fable that recalls the neorealist magic of Vittorio De Sica.

From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2022

What are your memories of working with Vittorio De Sica?

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2020

Piero Tosi, 92, a costume designer whose careful research and intuitive eye were prized by leading Italian directors such as Vittorio De Sica, Mauro Bolognini and especially Luchino Visconti, died Aug. 10 in Rome.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2019

Roma is a throwback to the great Italian neorealist film-makers Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018