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pat_k

(11,617 posts) Sat Sep 6, 2025, 09:42 PM Saturday

Bella Ciao: Nothing lifts the spirit like a great resistance anthem!

Classic version of the anti-fascist song.

And a version from Money Heist:

And a version of Bella Ciao in English:

And more than 15,000 in Rome against the war on Gaza: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEh0eVyyMvH

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Bella Ciao: Nothing lifts the spirit like a great resistance anthem! (Original Post) pat_k Saturday OP

I've discovered this live performance of the French anthem recently BigmanPigman Saturday #1

Wonderful find! pat_k Saturday #2

I don't speak any French and only some Italian. BigmanPigman 23 hrs ago #8

Beautiful DET Saturday #5

+1 (on Casablanca) pat_k Yesterday #6

Me too! BigmanPigman 23 hrs ago #7

Thank goodness for the English version, 'cause the subtitles in the first version in Italian Sogo Saturday #3

Perfect sense! pat_k Saturday #4

BigmanPigman

(53,626 posts)

1. I've discovered this live performance of the French anthem recently

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 10:45 PM

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and it is my favorite. The subtitles are helpful, too.

pat_k

(11,617 posts)

2. Wonderful find!

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 11:00 PM

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I needed the translation (table of French and English translation).

BigmanPigman

(53,626 posts)

8. I don't speak any French and only some Italian.

Reply to pat_k (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:07 AM

23 hrs ago

Mainly my Italian grandmom only taught me Italian profanity (thanks Grandmom, it come in handy!) and of course food related Italian so I can't help out much.

DET

(2,181 posts)

5. Beautiful

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 11:30 PM

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The scene in Casablanca always makes me cry.

pat_k

(11,617 posts)

6. +1 (on Casablanca)

Reply to DET (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 12:14 AM

Yesterday

BigmanPigman

(53,626 posts)

7. Me too!

Reply to DET (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:03 AM

23 hrs ago

Sogo

(6,565 posts)

3. Thank goodness for the English version, 'cause the subtitles in the first version in Italian

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 11:08 PM

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didn't make sense. The English version is much more meaningful as a resistance anthem than were the subtitles of the Italian version. (Am I making sense?)

pat_k

(11,617 posts)

4. Perfect sense!

Reply to Sogo (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 11:30 PM

Saturday

It actually had a few versions dating to the late 19th century. It was not originally an anti-fascist anthem but a protest song sung by mondine, female seasonal workers in the rice fields of Italy's Po Valley.

Even not understanding the words the song is uplifting to me.

And I think my favorite version is now this one:

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