FROM DEBRIS TO RESURRECTION From the country’s ruins after post-war to the middle class consumerism. From the bicycle to the small Fiat. From the closed factory to the subproletary. From the grey streets to the Italian comedy. From the unknown actor to the prima donna. From Christian Democracy to the Communist Party. 15 years of Italian neorealism: origins, splendor, and gentrification of a way of making and producing films.