Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A na-ewere "Open City" dị ka otu n'ime ọrụ ndị kachasị mkpa na nke nnọchiteanya nke Italian neorealism, na ihe dị mkpa maka ịme ihe nkiri Italian n'ozuzu ya. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ihe onyonyo ndị Italiantali mbụ emere mgbe agha ahụ gachara iji nweta nnukwu nkwanye ugwu na nkwanye ugwu na mba ụwa, na-emeri ọmarịcha Palme d'Or na Ememme Ihe Nkiri Cannes na 1946 ma bụrụ onye a họpụtara maka Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar na
Onyinye Academy nke iri na itoolu. O mere ka onye nduzi Rosselini, onye edemede edemede Fellini, na onye na-eme ihe nkiri Anna Magnani bụrụ ndị ama ama n'ụwa niile.