Rome, Open City

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JD T @RT53186448 Mar 14 GRITTY REALISM. I seldom see a movie encapsulate these two words so masterfully. Roberto Rossellini depicts the lives of the rebels in Nazi-occupied Rome by balancing raw emotions with cold historical acuity. The dialogue is quick, the acting is smooth, and the visuals are striking. Anna Magnani and Aldo Fabrizi absolutely steal the show! Magnani reveals herself to be a truly phenomenal actor, showing Pina's emotions so masterfully that at points you'd forget your watching a fictional movie. There wasn't a moment that I wasn't enthralled in this picture, and I am excited to see the other two film's in Rossellini's "War Trilogy" series! This is easily a contender for one of the best films of all time, and is definitely moving up into my top 10. See more Thomas S @RT53929595 Sep 13 Je dois avouer qu’au premier visionnage, Rome, ville ouverte m’a complètement échappé : je ne comprenais ni le contexte du tournage, ni ce que le film voulait réellement montrer. Ce n’est qu’après avoir regardé quelques analyses d’experts que j’ai saisi son importance. Le néo-réalisme italien, ce style révolutionnaire qui choisit de filmer la misère et la guerre sans fard. Le fait que le tournage ait été réalisé avec un budget minuscule, des acteurs ayant eux-mêmes vécu l’Occupation, dans une ville dont les ruines étaient encore visibles. Tout cela donne à l’œuvre une vérité brute, insoutenable parfois, mais profondément nécessaire. J’ai alors compris que j’étais face à un grand film, fondateur, qui a changé à jamais la manière de raconter la guerre et la condition humaine au cinéma. See more Stephen C @bob25009 06/07/2025 Success in 1.75 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Italian and English versions with English subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more William B @RT83652365 05/26/2025 What a movie. Definitely recommended. See more Alexsander F @Aelxs 12/28/2024 Viva o cinema italiano e o neorealismo que vos circunda, um filme que se faz muito presente em nossa contemporaneidade e, nos mostra as realidades fundamentais de um passado não muito remoto. See more Ben D @RT87620530 12/18/2024 Rome, Open City is a bleak, grisly look at war-battered Rome filmed only 6 months after the city fell to the Allies in WWII. Rossellini uses a mix of actors and non-actors to fill out the cast, which altogether makes the story as realistic as you can get without it being just a documentary. This being said, the movie is very slow and bereft of the action I had anticipated given the “resistance fighters” mentioned in the short summary. As a piece of art history, Rome, Open City must be unmatched for the period. However, the whole “Italian Neo-Realism” genre may not be for me, as it relies too heavily on human emotion and, well, realism, instead of acting, plot/structure, and art. This is one of those difficult movies to rate and review because its importance far outweighs its artistic value in 2024. For this reason, I’ve scored it high. But on its own, I cannot say that a typical contemporary viewer would find it enjoyable without watching for this aforementioned significance. I loved the ending with Father Pellegrini (Aldo Fabrizi), but man was it just one more dollop of despondency on this pile of depression. See more Read all reviews

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