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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.
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.
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.
Beginning in Sicily, local girl Carmela guides a band of American soldiers through a minefield with devastating results; then in Naples, Pasquale, an orphaned child of war, steals the boots of an inebriated African-American G.I. and is later followed back to his war-battered town.
Two of the outstanding episodes see black military policeman Dotts Johnson robbed of his shoes by a cheeky street urchin while the film ends with a reminder that the war was still...
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Paisan. Roberto Rossellini’s follow-up to his breakout ROME OPEN CITY was the ambitious, enormously moving PAISAN, which consists of six episodes set during the liberation of Italy at the end of World War II, and taking place across the country, from Sicily to the northern Po valley.
Aug 31, 2023 · English: peasant. French: paysan. Spanish: paisano. Categories: English lemmas. English nouns. English countable nouns. English terms with quotations. Old French terms derived from Frankish.
May 8, 1906, Rome. Died: June 3, 1977, Rome (aged 71) Notable Works: “Open City” “Paisan” Notable Family Members: spouse Ingrid Bergman. Roberto Rossellini (born May 8, 1906, Rome—died June 3, 1977, Rome) was one of the most widely known post-World War II motion-picture directors of Italy.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun paisan. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English.
