Almost every Italian neo-realist film has children (especially boys) as the protagonist or supporting role. Through the innocent eyes of children to see the riddled world, more bitter. The former includes Rossellini’s "Germany Year Zero" and Desica’s "Shoe Shine Boy"; the latter includes Rossellini’s "Rome Unfortified City", Desica’s "The Biker" and "The Kid Is Watching" "To Us"; in Antonioni's "Scream" it is a little girl.
Continuing the habit of using non-professional actors in "The Bike Stealer", looking for two street children on the street, go here and there with them every day, taking notes; one of the children dreams of riding a white horse, and Chauvadini wrote it into the script . Desica said later that he felt he had robbed the experience of the two children. The movie deliberately uses childish and cheerful music to make the contrast more bitter. His films have always adhered to the tradition of focusing on the bottom, Rossellini is different.
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