Paisà
Door Roberto Rossellini
1946 | 124 min | Klassiekers
In six short episodes, Rossellini characterises the liberation of Italy after WW2 in one of the great masterpieces of Italian Neorealism. Paisan is the second film of the ‘Neorealist Trilogy’. It is divided into six episodes set in the Italian Campaign during World War II. First episode: A Sicilian girl befriends an American soldier. When the two are killed, the US soldier believes he has betrayed. Second episode: A Napolitan rascal steals the boots from an Afro-american soldier. But when the soldier ...