"Rome, Open City" is the first film directed by Roberto Rossellini. Although it lacks funds and experience, it is not a very mature work, but the film is still very realistic. , vividly presents the heroic deeds of the Italians' heroic resistance against the Nazis. Some of the scenes in the film were filmed secretly in the state of war, so although the picture is rough, it has a realistic intimacy. It is the first representative work of Italian neorealism films. In the film, the audience can see many familiar details, about perseverance, heroic sacrifice, and criticism of hedonists who are not firm in their stance
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2022-06-13 16:36
Extended Reading
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Marina Mari: Yes. I've had lovers. Of course. What was I supposed to do? How do you think I bought all the furniture, my clothes, everything? With my pay? It's barely enough for stockings and cigarettes. I've gotten by like every other woman. That's life.
Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris: Life is what we want it to be.
Marina Mari: Words! Life is filthy and brutal.
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Marina Mari: I know what poverty is and it scares me. Sure, I could have married a streetcar driver and be starving to death today - me, my children and him.
Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris: Poor Marina. You think happiness means a fancy apartment, nice clothes, a maid, and rich lovers?
Marina Mari: If you'd really loved me, you'd have changed me. But you're just like all the others - no, worse. At least they don't preach to me.
Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris: You're right. Forgive me.