Paisà
Roberto Rossellini / IT, 1946 / 117 min.
Six stories about the Allies in Italy, from the landings in Sicily up to the day before victory. Roberto Rosselllini's film is still seen as one of the most incisive observations of the effects of war on ordinary people – both civilians and soldiers.
Roberto Rossellini shows a ruined Italy, the inhabitants of which remain resilient in spite of everything; one reason why Paisà is often cited as the model for later war films in which the makers went in search of the unembellished truth and stories of human survival, in the hope of activating social consciousness in their audiences.
Screens on 35mm (from the Eye collection)
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Details
Director
Roberto Rossellini
Production year
1946
Country
IT
Original title
Paisà
Length
117 min.
Language
Italian, English, German
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Everyday Blues
Rarely shown, now finally back on the big screen: the films of legendary American filmmaker Charles Burnett, a pioneer of the Black independent cinema movement of the ’70s and ’80s known as L.A. Rebellion. Three of his films have now been digitally restored, including his debut Killer of Sheep.
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