Italian neorealism wasn’t just a film movement—it was a blueprint for a radically different kind of cinema, one grounded in moral conviction rather than spectacle. In this episode, we explore how neorealism’s quiet revolution—its long takes, non-professional actors, and commitment to the everyday—became a framework adopted across the globe. From Bicycle Thieves to Down by Law, from Satyajit Ray’s Bengali villages to Jafar Panahi’s Tehran streets, we trace how filmmakers used neorealism’s human scale to confront social realities with emotional clarity. Drawing on theorists like Siegfried Kracauer and Raymond Williams, we unpack how neorealism prioritised lucidity over neurosis, solidarity over cynicism. This is world cinema not as exotic spectacle, but as ethical encounter.