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

[pat_k]

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

[BigmanPigman]

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

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

[pat_k]

2. Wonderful find!

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

[BigmanPigman]

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

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]

5. Beautiful

The scene in Casablanca always makes me cry.

[pat_k]

6. +1 (on Casablanca)

[BigmanPigman]

7. Me too!

[Sogo]

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

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]

4. Perfect sense!

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:

[Dawson Leery]

9. K/R