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Paisan (English title)
Directed by Robert Rossellini
Paisan evokes many tones but its overriding theme is culture clash. The Italians fear Americans as sex-crazed loafers and mock the Brits as ineffectual; the Americans seem bemused by European culture. Attempts to communicate lead to tragedy or misunderstanding.
Despite a shoestring budget Rossellini provides lots of location shooting, throwing in two large-scale action scenes. His mostly-amateur cast acquits themselves well; the affecting Carmela Sazio was supposedly an illiterate peasant. Stylistically it's a touchstone for Italian cinema: De Sica's Bicycle Thieves owes much to Rossellini's mixture of charm and pathos, while the Florence episode's graphic street fighting prefigures Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers. An absorbing wartime mosaic, Paisan stands as a remarkable achievement.

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