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neorealist
Variant of neorealism
neorealism
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neo·real·ism (nē′ō rē′ə liz′əm)
noun
Film a style or movement, esp. in Italy in the 1940s and early 1950s, in which the everyday lives of ordinary, usually poor, people are shown in harshly realistic settings in actual locations
Related Forms:
- neorealist ne′o·re′al·ist adjective, noun
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