Europa ’51 (1952), Directed by Roberto Rossellini — cinema as refined asceticism, as light and shadow, as a camera capturing the soul. In Europa ’51 (1952) the camera does not strive to capture everything; it chooses, almost with monastic rigor, only the essential contours. With cinematographer Aldo Tonti, Rossellini creates a visual rhythm in which every shot breathes a pause. Instead of flashy editing, there are long takes, lingering glances, and careful pans that do not illustrate, but questi