The title is more than apt. I should have seen the end coming about half an hour into the movie. At that point I was asking myself why this movie was named so. After all they were not speaking of the thief at all. It was the story of a father and son searching for a stolen bicycle. I should have seen it coming.
It is a simple film. No doubts about that. On the surface it is a very simple tale. Hardly touching. I mean, what's the big deal about a guy stealing a cycle to replace one that was stolen from him? When the end credits rolled I started thinking, what made this movie a classic? I decided look at some points not highlighted in the film to draw some deeper meaning.
1. Santona was one character referred to twice. As an Indian and having some belief in the powers of the psychic I thought of this. Ricci loses the cycle a day after not paying Santona. After all his wife had almost 'bought' Ricci a job but failed to pay. Later when he visits her again as a last resort. She tells him that this morning is his last chance to find it failing which he shall never succeed in tracing it. Ricci sees the guy who has stolen the cycle. In my opinion a point the movie was trying to make was the power of Santona. If Riicci chose to press charges he'd probably have nailed the guy. But he either didn't believe in the prophecy or lost confidence in himself.
2. On the other hand, the film might have been trying to say that some things are meant to be. Maybe that job was not in Ricci's fate. Maybe his family were to live in poverty. Maybe he is not meant to be a 'bicycle thief'. Maybe the thief who stole Ricci's bicycle was meant to get away.
Finally, I could not understand the church angle or why the link of the old man. However, they did make interesting viewing.
RATING: 3.5/5
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