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Direction
Rossellini's static tableaux like living paintings.
Cinematography
Chiaroscuro that would make Caravaggio jealous.
Writing
Dialogue denser than Pascal's actual theorems.

Director
Roberto Rossellini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes