I can't believe I got duped into watching a 63 minute version on Netflix!
De Sica is using a pure neorealistic approach (mostly at the first part of the movie) and succeeds in transfering us all the intensity and the size of love with an exceptional way.
This is not his greatest achievement but Vittorio De Sica is such an extraordinary individual and his collaborators are such a remarkable mix that what came out of all of this is still worth watching.