Un cinema «fuoruscito». Esuli italiani in Francia e ricezione del Neorealismo (1945-1950)

According to an established historiography, post World War II Italian cinema owes much of its international success the French intellectual milieu. In this process reception, work carried out by exiled intellectuals, who were responsible for promoting neo-realism on other side Alps diplomatic purposes but without neglecting questions aesthetic nature, deserves attention. By relating certain aspects socio- historical context with analysis some critical texts, article aims reconstruct trajectories reception neorealist in Italian-French press between 1945 and 1950.