The script of the film was jointly completed by the director and Fellini. There are six short stories in it, which show different aspects of Italy during World War II. The first story: American Joe is responsible for protecting a Sicilian girl, but her language and expressions are more unfathomable than The castle , so the two of them cannot communicate. The second story: A black soldier was stationed in Naples, and his shoes were stolen by a urchin during a lunch break. He chased him to a slum, saw the truth there, and walked back barefoot after being moved. The third story: When an American soldier stationed in Rome first arrived in Italy, he received water from a beautiful girl; later, when he was drunk, he bumped into a street prostitute and told her drunkenly about his feelings for the past. The girl's feelings, unaware that the person is the one in front of her. Fourth Story: An American Nurse and an Italian Resistance Cross the German Army Together. Story 5: Three clergymen of different religions meet a group of monks in a temple, different beliefs clash, but eventually everyone realizes that they belong to the same God. The sixth story: The British and the Germans fought fiercely, and both sides fought to the death
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Paisan movie plot
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Extended Reading
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British Soldier 1 (episode IV: Firenze): Why should they stop at Florence? They've destroy half of Europe already.
British Soldier 2 (episode IV: Firenze): The poor fools. The Jerries always put their foot in it. That's why they're going to lose the war.
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Italian Woman (episode IV: Firenze): Your wife's worried and says to come down.
Renato (episode IV: Firenze): It's fine up here! I can't budge now. Tell her to send up my helmet.
Italian Woman (episode IV: Firenze): All right.
Renato (episode IV: Firenze): [to Harriet and Massimo] Just for the sun, not the bullets. Those I can dodge to the inch. I fought in the *real* war, back in 1918!