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Paisa roof rossellini.
Directed by roberto rossellini 1946 italy starring carmela sazio robert van loon dots m.
Roberto rossellini s follow up to his breakout rome open city was the ambitious enormously moving paisan which consists of six episodes set during the liberation of italy at the end of world war ii and taking place across the country from sicily to the northern po valley.
Roberto rossellini s film made in the aftermath of wwii consists of six distinct chapters showing various relationships between the american occupiers and the newly liberated italians.
It is divided into six episodes.
With carmela sazio gar moore william tubbs robert van loon.
Two of the outstanding episodes see black military policeman dotts johnson robbed of his shoes by a cheeky street urchin while the film ends with a reminder.
The film was nominated for both the academy.
Paisà is a 1946 italian neorealist war drama film directed by roberto rossellini the second of a trilogy by rossellini.
Roberto rossellini rome 8 may 1906 3 june 1977 was one of the most important filmmakers of neorealist cinema.
2 34 rome open city.
With its documentary like visuals and intermingled cast of actors and nonprofessionals italians and their american.
They are set in the italian campaign during world war ii when nazi germany was losing the war against the allies a major theme is communication problems due to language barriers.
Excerpt from paisà episode ii.
Johnson roberto rossellini s follow up to his breakout rome open city was the ambitious enormously moving paisan which consists of six episodes set during the liberation of italy at the end of world war ii and taking place across the country from sicily to the northern po valley.
He cultivated his passion for the cinema from a very young age being able to freely enter the first cinema in rome built by his own father.
In 1945 he released his masterpiece rome open city the first film of the trilogy of.
Directed by roberto rossellini.