After the hard years following the end of World War II, Italy experienced an economic boom in the second half of the 1950s. The lira was strong and stable, and the Ministry of Treasury decided to ...

Heavy rain swelled rivers and flooded streets in an area near Florence on Friday, with authorities issuing a red weather alert for the historic Italian city and its surroundings and urging ...

The deep-focus, long-take shooting style along with the bleak ordinary-lives subject matter were a big influence on the post–World War II Italian neorealist movement, which was also driven by ...