When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
This movie contains 3 potentially triggering events.
I think it depends on how you look at the ending. It's true that the main character ends the film with no money and he's been kicked out of his apartment. It does seem like his future will be bleak. But the final shot is of him playing with his dog and hustling down a path together. At least in the final moment of the film, his love for Flike has changed his mind about suicide and his smile is genuine.