rural vs urban life

His neorealist films like 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Umberto D.' capture the struggle between rural migrants and urban poverty, exposing the human cost of industrialization.

Films like 'Days of Heaven' and 'The Thin Red Line' explore the tension between pastoral innocence and the corruption of progress, romanticizing rural life against encroaching modernity.

His works including 'Still Walking' and 'Like Father, Like Son' delicately examine how rural family traditions clash with urban ambitions and disconnection across generations.