Do Bigha Zamin (1953) – Poverty in Indian Neorealist Cinema

Do Bigha Zamin (1953) 8/10 Poverty in Indian Neorealist Cinema Overall Do Bigha Zamin (Two Acres of Land) is an Indian drama about a poor family struggling with extreme poverty. Italian movie, The Bicycle Thieves, inspired this and employs Italian neorealism, the famous filmmaking style Bengali director Satyajit Ray would master a few years later. Director Bimal Roy sensationalizes in a way Ray…