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pai·sa·no. (pī-zä′nō) also pai·san (-zän′) n. pl. pai·sa·nos also pai·sans. 1. A countryman; a compatriot. 2. Slang A friend; a pal. [Spanish, from French paysan, from Old French paisant, peasant; see peasant .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Paisan (Italian: Paisà) is a 1946 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. In six independent episodes, it tells of the Liberation of Italy by the Allied forces during the late stage of World War II. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and received numerous national and international prizes.
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Nov 11, 2005 · paisan. It's a word that's used with Italians or Italian Americans when informally, but friendly, adressing one another. It means "brother" or "fellow countryman ". Shortened from paisano, and is sometimes spelled paesan.
Paisan: Directed by Roberto Rossellini. With Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Benjamin Emanuel, Raymond Campbell. American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.
Roberto Rossellini's film, made in the aftermath of WWII, consists of six distinct chapters, showing various relationships between the American occupiers and the newly liberated Italians.
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Oct 1, 2019 · Complemented by Renzo Rossellini’s score and Otello Martelli’s cinematography, Paisan’s rendering of Italy at war is a mutable travelogue besieged by rubble and deprivation, presented in the raw visual detail that recurrently accentuated Neorealism’s integral immediacy.
