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The Bike Thief

4.8(12)20201h 19m1

To the Rider his moped is everything. As a pizza delivery driver it is his livelihood. As a breadline straddling, immigrant father it is his family’s anchor. It takes his wife to work. It gets his daughter to school. So when one night the moped is stolen, his world collapses. He has to get back his bike – or replace it – in whatever way possible, before his next shifts starts. If he fails, he won’t just lose his job, he will lose it all. He tries to ask the few familiar faces for help in this unfamiliar, disorienting city. However, as he runs out of time and his options are wearing thin, his moral compass begins to crack and he grows more and more willing to forgo his conscience in order to save himself and his family.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Romanian
  • immigrant
  • london, england
  • romanian

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • Digital / OTT123 May 2021
  • JapanJP

    • PremiereTokyo International Film Festival2 Nov 2020

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The Bike Thief was released on 2 November 2020.

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  • T

    tmdb28039023

    8/27/2022

    1/10

    The Bike Thief strives to be to the Romanian expat community in London what Ladri di Biciclette was to the post-war Roman working class, and what A Better Life was to Mexican immigrants in Los Angeles, but completely misunderstands what those two films were trying to say – either that, or it’s simply a reflection of our cynical times. Unlike De Sica’s hero, The Bike Thief’s anonymous protagonist not only never really…

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