neorealist

American  

[nee-oh-ree-uhl-ist] / ˌni oʊˈri əl ɪst /

adjective

1. subscribing, conforming, or relating to neorealism in the arts, cinema, or philosophy.

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noun

1. someone who subscribes to philosophical neorealism or who works in the style of neorealism in the arts, cinema, or philosophy.

Example Sentences

There’s many neorealist films that are very important to me.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

The daughter is pop '80s/'90s, the grandmother, who tells tall tales as many grandmothers do, is a spaghetti western, and the mother, who is still traumatized by Iran, is a neorealist Kiarostami film.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023

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

In 1952, the first year the magazine conducted its survey, Vittorio De Sica’s neorealist classic “Bicycle Thieves” was voted No. 1.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022

‘Bicycle Thieves’ A family man barely scraping by in postwar Rome undertakes a desperate search when his only means of transportation is stolen in Vittorio De Sica’s essential 1948 neorealist drama.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2022