Paisan

Paisan

1946 · 125 min · IT · 7.5 (367 votes)
Dir. Roberto Rossellini · Starring Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Benjamin Emanuel, Raymond Campbell, Harold Wagner, Albert Heinze · Music Renzo Rossellini

“There are always opportunities for redemption.”

DramaWar

Six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley as American military personnel interact with a variety of Italian locals over eighteen months in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces retreat.

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A stark, unvarnished look at the human cost of war. It feels like witnessing history unfold through the eyes of ordinary people, their struggles and fleeting moments of hope etched against a ravaged landscape.

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rome, italysicily, italyworld war iinaples, italyflorence, italy
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