{"product_id":"roberto-rossellini-paisa","title":"Roberto Rossellini - Paisà","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoberto Rossellini's ambitious and enormously moving follow-up to his breakthrough \u003cem\u003eRome, Open City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis presented here in a new restoration\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time on DVD in the UK,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoberto Rossellini's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eambitious and enormously moving follow-up to his breakthrough\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRome, Open City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis presented here in a new restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in the aftermath of the Second World War, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaisà\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis constructed as a series of seix encounters which take place during the liberation of Italy as Allied troops advance through the country from Sicily to the northern Po Valley, via Rome and Florence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShot on location using a non-professional cast alongside actors, the semi-documentary aesthetic and epic sweep of \u003cem\u003ePaisà \u003c\/em\u003eis both charming and devastating in its portrayal of the final days of war and confusion that follows in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis classic of neo-realist cinema forms the centrepiece of Rossellini's acclaimed War Trilogy and was followed in 1948, with the celebrated \u003cem\u003eGermany, Year Zero\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":54800354246998,"sku":"MRM-07246","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/6088\/9430\/files\/Screenshot-2026-07-23-at-15.24.27.png?v=1784816747","url":"https:\/\/monorailmusic.com\/products\/roberto-rossellini-paisa","provider":"Monorail Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}