Films can still offer an emotional hit like nothing else – and with coronavirus forcing swathes of us to hole up at home, they’re needed now more than ever. Helen O’Hara and Patrick Smith pick their favourites
A devastating portrait of the poverty trap, Vittorio De Sica’s neo-realist masterpiece remains all too relevant. Antonio is offered a desperately-needed job – but it requires a bicycle, and when his is stolen, he and his son resort to desperate measures to get it back. Shot with non-professional actors who lived in circumstances close to that of their characters, this is a study in compassion and empathy.
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