Italian neorealism

When Antonio is deciding to steal a bike the director leaves several minutes of him arguing with himself to show that stealing the bike is not an easy design but in order to be able to provide for his family he must do so. He gets caught stealing the bike, which does not just create public humiliation for him but he is caught in front of his son, which is arguably a worse form of humiliation and he is confronted with the fear that he is unable to provide for his family. This is all post WW2 because the conditions of Italy were very poor, people from Italy desiccated that time as still being in a depression because not many people could get jobs or have enough money to feed and support their family. The ending of The bicycle thieves is not a happy ending, if it wasn't a Italian neorealism film and a hollywood or white phone film instead then the ending would be happy and Antonio would have found his bike and everything would have been alright but because it is an Italian neorealism film, which focus on the realistic truth behind the poverty stricken Italy. Antonio never found his bike because that was the realistic truth that work was hard and it was difficult supporting a family.