Money Heist's Bella Ciao is without a doubt the year's best tune. As Money Heist Season 5 became popular on social media, many Indians became interested and began researching the show. Many people wanted to know the lyrics to "Bella Ciao," the show's signature song, so they looked it up on Google.
The Professor and Berlin sang the song for the first time in the episode. Later, it was discovered that the former had learned the tune from his grandfather. Fans can't stop singing the Italian folk melody as it comes on several iconic occasions later in the play. Netflix's gripping Spanish criminal drama Money Robbery features a team of brave thieves who sing "Bella Ciao" to energize themselves before a robbery and celebrate victories. As a metaphor for the show's notion of resistance, the song's lyrics also serve as a death portent for the gang throughout their two major heists.
Many don't know, however, that this song has a fascinating and inspiring backstory that begins during the Italian Civil War under Benito Mussolini's regime. Partisans in Italy, fighting fascism, performed this song. There are two variations of the words "Bella Ciao." During the late 1800s and early 1900s, women who worked in the rice paddy fields of Italy wrote the song. The song was popularized by female rice paddy labourers in Northern Italy's Po Valley, who used it to voice their displeasure with the country's leadership. During World War II, the partisans were resistance groups who fought Mussolini's fascist government. The original lyrics include references to biting insects, a boss with a cane, and the passing of youth.
Although this may seem dissimilar to Money Heist, where the thieves want to print their own money and a life of luxury while doing so, it isn't quite so radical. A protest song, "Bella Ciao" as sung by the mondine women, became synonymous with the mondina women's fight against oppression. This rebellious spirit carried over to the rendition heard in Money Heist, as the song's last lines indicate a wish to work in freedom one day.
What Do the English Lyrics to "Bella Ciao" Mean?
A triumphant "Bella Ciao" sing-along occurs in Money Heist season 1 when Moscow hits dirt while digging a tunnel under the Royal Mint's vault. Despite the song's upbeat tone, Italian speakers may detect a sense of melancholy in the lyrics. There's an acceptance of death in the rendition of "Bella Ciao" that Italian anti-fascist forces performed during WWII (and the gang in Money Heist). The rest of the lyrics explain why "Bella Ciao" means "Beautiful Goodbye" in Italian.
Bella Ciao was selected to commemorate the most exciting part of the Royal Mint heist, but it also ominously foreshadows death. Later on, in the episode, when Oslo's (Roberto Garcia) head has been smashed and his brain irreparably damaged, The Professor (Álvaro Morte) sings the song with Berlin (Pedro Alonso). In the following episode, Helsinki chooses to quietly end his suffering rather than expose him to the authorities, and he dies as a result. Berlin, under fire from the police, gives his life to allow the others time to leave, and this song is played again as part of the closing credits of Money Heist season 2. Even while singing "Bella Ciao" is a lot of fun, it's not necessarily a sign of good days ahead.
What's with the Robbery Gang Singing "Bella Ciao" in Money Heist?
Season 1's conclusion of Money Heist explains the significance of "Bella Ciao" in a flashback when Berlin urges the Professor to run and save himself if the gang does not leave the Royal Mint. In response to Berlin's pleading, the Professor says, "We're the resistance, right?" During the song "Bella Ciao," Tokyo (Úrsula Corberó) tells the group that the Professor's grandfather fought with the partisans during WWII and passed on his repertoire to the young Professor. In the song, the Professor expresses his central life theme: resistance. The Professor welcomes opposition and freedom in "Bella Ciao," but he's blind to the fact that the song is about death. He's blind to the truth.
Money Heist's goal for the Professor and his crew isn't as simple as it seems - at least not for the Professor. He devises the Royal Mint heist so that the robbers make their own money instead of taking it from others.
For example, during the financial crisis of 2007-2008, while an entire generation was struggling, the capitalist system bailed out the banks. Because of this, "Bella Ciao" emerged between Money Heist seasons 2 and 3 as a resistance song throughout the world - not only on the show but in real life as well.
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