Rome, Open City

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Thomas S 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. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/13/25 Full Review Stephen C Success in 1.75 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Italian and English versions with English subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/07/25 Full Review William B What a movie. Definitely recommended. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/26/25 Full Review Alexsander F 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. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/28/24 Full Review Ben D 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. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/18/24 Full Review Audience Member A poetic style with substance but it runs very slow. The precepts of the neorealist cinema is very well developed. 4/10 Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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