Paisà (1946)
- Directed by
- Roberto Rossellini
- Genre
- drama film, war film, art film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 358 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Six separate episodes show different encounters between American soldiers and Italian civilians during the Allied liberation of Italy at the end of World War Two. Each story shows the struggles and misunderstandings that come with war and occupation.
grittyepisodicearnestgroundedpoignantrawreflectiveunvarnished
What happens
Paisan (Italian: Paisà) is a 1946 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. In six independent episodes, it tells of the Liberation of Italy by the Allied forces during the late stage of World War II. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and received numerous national and international prizes. In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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