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Paisan

Original title: Paisà · Turkish title: Hemşehri

“There are always opportunities for redemption.”

1946 · 2 h
Directed by Roberto Rossellini

Cast

Mostly non-professional actors

Credits

Written by: Sergio Amidei

Plot

Six episodes follow the Allied advance through Italy from 1943 to 1945, showing encounters between soldiers and civilians.

Sinekatalog’s take

Roberto Rossellini's neorealist anthology follows six episodes of the Allied advance through Italy. Rough, humane and mostly non-professional, with a devastating final story, it is a landmark of postwar cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (10,894 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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