Lamberto Maggiorani's Real-Life Struggle

In 1948, Italian factory worker Lamberto Maggiorani starred as the desperate father in the neorealist classic movie "Bicycle Thieves." After the film's success, his employer laid him off, wrongly assuming he had become wealthy from acting, though he had earned only about $1,000. Ironically, he then struggled to find work, and his real life began to resemble the poverty of his on-screen character.

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