Rome-Open City: Death Of Pina

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the tone is continued as Pina comforts the crying woman. A soldier watches and then tries to make up to Pina, who slaps him away. When the fascists drag Francesco out and put him in the back of a truck, Pina calls to him, fights off the soldier, and runs down the hall to the street, pushing past guards to do so. The priest tries to hold her back, but she breaks free and runs into the street, toward the camera as it sits on the back of the moving truck. Pina is shot down as she chases the truck, right in front of her son, and she falls into the street, exposing her stockings and lying in the dirt. The needlessness of this shooting is obvious--she could never catch the truck and could do nothing if she did, yet she is shot down as if she were a threat. In the very next scene, the underground attacks the convoy of trucks and frees Francesco and the others, emphasizing anew what a waste Pina's death has ...

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