Italy,
1946, 120 min
Directed by:
Roberto RosselliniCinematography:
Otello MartelliComposer:
Renzo RosselliniCast:
Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Maria Michi, Harriet Medin, Renzo Avanzo, William Tubbs, Gar Moore, Dots Johnson, Alfonsino Pasca, Giulietta Masina (more)VOD (1)
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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, taking place across the country, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley. With its documentary-like visuals and its intermingled cast of actors and nonprofessionals, Italians and their American liberators, this look at the struggles of different cultures to communicate and of people to live their everyday lives in extreme circumstances is equal parts charming sentiment and vivid reality. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
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Academy Awards
- 1950 - Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini, Sergio Amidei (Best Original Screenplay)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1949 - Best Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1948 - Best Foreign Language Film
Venice Film Festival
- 1946 - Roberto Rossellini (Golden Lion for Best Film)