Video of quarantined Italians singing to each other across deserted streets from their windows, balconies and doorways during the coronavirus lockdown is as beautiful as it is haunting.

David Allegranti, a writer for Il Foglio newspaper, shared footage of residents’ stirring rendition of a local folk song in the northern city of Siena on Twitter Thursday night.

The scene looks as though it is straight out of a movie.

A Siena, città alla quale sono molto legato, si sta in casa ma si canta insieme come se si fosse per la strada. Mi sono commosso pic.twitter.com/IDPqNEj3h3

— David Allegranti (@davidallegranti) March 12, 2020

The video certainly embodies the emptiness, yet togetherness of life, during this crucial and serious time.

I contradaioli dell’Oca a Siena intonano dalle loro case il Canto della Verbena. Per esorcizzare la paura, per sentirsi meno soli.
Città che nella difficoltà si riscoprono comunità. Questo virus passerà, noi ce la faremo, e saremo più uniti e più forti di prima.#iorestoacasa pic.twitter.com/jgXCL8aGfo

— Nicola Danti (@DantiNicola) March 13, 2020

Twitter users were quite moved by what appeared to be an impromptu communal singsong:

With many responding to the video with “I’m crying, so beautiful“, “Humanity is beautiful” and “As evening falls in locked-down Siena, citizens confined to their homes are singing together as if they are on the street. What a moving testament to the instinctively musical & open-hearted people of Italy.”

Stay safe out there folks. Wash your hands. Don’t gather in large crowds and most importantly — take care of one another.