An interview of Jolanda Benvenuti, Roberto Rossellini's faithful (but decidedly irreverent) editor. She illuminates the genesis of 'Rome, Open City', a movie made in such hectic conditions that it was not even likely to exist at all. She also gives a precious testimony on the nerve-racking ordeal of its editing and the necessity to join together shots filmed more or less at random. And above all she reveals that she edited the classic alone, not Eraldo da Roma (in prison at that time)as the credits claim.