Italian Neorealism

Every book I’ve ever read limits the movement to a very small time period, usually starting in 1943 with Ossessione or perhaps 1945 with Rome, Open City and ending in 1952 with Umberto D. Sure, other directors like Antonioni and Fellini followed closely thereafter, but I would hesitate to include them here. I would like to echo the recommendation of Renoir’s Toni as a definite influence to the movement, but would not list it as an Italian Neorealist film for obvious reasons. Several times, I’ve seen this movement limited to between 20 and 25 films within the years I’ve listed above.