BELLA CIAO ORIGIN

"Bella Ciao" was originally sung as "Alla mattina appena alzata" by seasonal workers of paddy fields of rice, especially in Italy's Po Valley from the late 19th century to the first half of the 20th century with different lyrics. They worked at monda (weeding) the rice fields in northern Italy, to help the healthy growth of young rice plants. It took place during the flooding of the fields, from the end of April to the beginning of June every year, during which the delicate shoots needed to be protected, during the first stages of their development, from temperature differences between the day and the night. It consisted of two phases: transplanting the plants and pruning the weeds.

Monda was an extremely tiring task, carried out mostly by women known as , from the poorest social classes. They would spend their workdays with their bare feet in water up to their knees, and their back bent for many hours. The atrocious working conditions, long hours and very low pay led to constant dissatisfaction and, at times, to rebellious movements and riots in the early years of the 20th century. The struggles against the supervising padroni was even harder, with plenty of clandestine workers ready to compromise even further the already low wages just to get work. Besides "Bella ciao", similar songs by the mondina women included "Sciur padrun da li beli braghi bianchi" and "Se otto ore vi sembran poche".

Other similar versions of the antecedents of "Bella ciao" appeared over the years, indicating that "Alla mattina appena alzata" must have been composed in the latter half of the 19th century. The earliest written version is dated 1906 and comes from near Vercelli, Piedmont.^[5]

"Bella ciao" was revived by the anti-fascist resistance movement in Italy between 1943 and 1945, with modified lyrics.^[6] The author of the lyrics is unknown.

MONEY HEIST; CONCEPT FROM VARIOUS OTHER MOVIES ?

PREFACE

Money Heist (Spanish: La casa de papel, The House of Paper) is a heist crime Spanish TV series shaped by Álex Pina.

In Madrid. A mysterious person called 'The Professor' gathered a group of 8 people, who were given names of city's capitals as their gang name, to accomplish a dream plan that included robbing the Royal Mint of Spain, and fleeing with €984 million. After accomplishing the 1st ever grand heist, they decided to go for a second one for the sake of their friend's life. This time they repeated their strategy for robbing the Bank of Spain.

                                                                                     _ told from the perspective of one of the robbers, Tokyo.

REFERENCE TO THE TOPIC

No doubt money heist has taken over the minds all across the world but is its story all new for the earth? What if I say its nothing new but an evolved version of some previous heist movies, having the exact same concept? I know you'll say that this all doesn't matter if the movie is so entertaining and giving a life to the old concepts. 

OKAY! I agree, but the point I want to highlight is that only a particular movie shouldn't get the appreciation then, as the credit goes to the others too. The strategy used in Money Heist is well appreciated by most of the viewers, calling it an all new formula for the heist, unaware of the fact that the concept has been shared by other movies too.

OMG! WHAT THE HELL IS SHE UP TO?😡.......... I know some Money Heist fans will say this for sure, but dear fans just take a deep breath and lets look for some evidences here.

Lets directly talk about one of the referencing movie then:

Inside Man

This American heist thriller movie came to cinemas in 2006. The references are as follows:

1.                 Firstly, a man named Dalton, can be seen as the mastermind of whole heist having nearly the same characteristics as of the Professor's. He was intelligent, handsome, determined, soft hearted, and else and else just like professor. Dalton, unlike other robbers, wasn't a murderer, but just wanted to rob a lot and a lot of money according to their grand heist plan, which is the exact concept shown in money heist for the professor.
2.                 Secondly, right after the successful entry of heist members in building, the hostages are forced to change the clothes and wear the exact same dress code and mask as the robbers, which were provided by the robbers themselves, which is exactly what is shown in Money Heist.
3.                 Lastly, robbers didn't rob the bank but something more precious, dodging the government and police who were thinking the robbers are just after the money, which we can relate easily with the concept of money heist in which professor planed to print their own money rather than stealing it.

Tell me in the comments about your POV.

_ Hareem Mehboob

16/oct/2021