A journey to the Italian cinema that overturns established views and opens up new perspectives and interpretations. Its itinerary is organized in four stages. The first is an analysis of the theories of Cesare Zavattini on neorealism which overturns widely accepted positions both on Zavattini and on neorealism. The second confronts a key film of the post-war Italian cinema, Roberto Rossellini's 'Paisa', by examining the nature of its realism. The third is dedicated to Luchino Visconti: to questions of the use of language exemplified in his 'La terra trema', the use of settings, costume and...