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IL ETAIT UNE FOIS...ROME VILLE OUVERTE (ONCE UPON A TIME... ROME OPEN CITY)

Cannes Classics

Directed by :: Marie GENIN Serge JULY

Country:: FRANCE

Year:: 2006

Duration:: 52.00 minutes

Synopsis

Written in 1944, the filming began in January 1945 while the Germans still occupied the northern half of Italy, following the liberation of Rome by the Allied forces and the takeover of the capital by the Italian anti-Fascists. The filming ended during the summer after Mussolini’s death and the German surrender. Roberto Rossellini, who made his first three films under the Fascist regime, succeeded in his fourth film to weave the legend of a post-war world. It is the story of the combative union of the Priest and the Communist worker, two emblematic figures of Italian society joined together in their resistance to Nazism. This mythical union between the two heroes of the film would help rebuild Italy.

Credits

Marie GENIN - Director
Serge JULY - Director
Marie GENIN - Screenplay
Serge JULY - Screenplay
Caroline CHAMPETIER - Cinematography
Martine GIORDANO - Film Editor
Mélissa PETITJEAN - Sound

Contacts and useful links

Production

FOLAMOUR PRODUCTIONS - 6 villa du Clos de Malevart 75011 Paris - T : 01 48 07 28 71 - folamourprod@free.fr

Distribution

ARTE DISTRIBUTION - T : 01 55 00 77 77 - erbsman@artefrance.fr

French press

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International press

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