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La strada (The Road) is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano. The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman (Giulietta Masina) bought from her mother by Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), a brutish strongman who takes her with him on the road.
The Road: Directed by Federico Fellini. With Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani. A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
La strada. With this breakthrough film, Federico Fellini launched both himself and his wife and collaborator Giulietta Masina to international stardom, breaking with the neorealism of his early career in favor of a personal, poetic vision of life as a bittersweet carnival.
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together.
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way. Sad story of a waif, Gelsomina, who is sold by her mother to Zampano for 10,000 lire and a few kilos of food.
When Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina), a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò (Anthony Quinn) to be his wife and partner, she loyally ...
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La strada. With this breakthrough film, Federico Fellini launched both himself and his wife and collaborator Giulietta Masina to international stardom, breaking with the neorealism of his early career in favor of a personal, poetic vision of life as a bittersweet carnival.
In director Federico Fellini's romantic, tear-jerking drama and timeless modern-day spiritual fable about domestic/sexual abuse and oppression - it was the first-ever Academy Awards winner for Best Foreign Language Film (Italy); the very simplistic road film (Strada meant "road") that represented a break from neo-realism, told about the ...
Jan 23, 2003 · Upon its release in 1954, La Strada became the centerpiece in a critical battle for the heart and soul of Italian cinema and it precipitated what became known as the Crisis of Neo-Realism. La Strada is also the film that first brought international acclaim to Fellini.
La strada (1954) A brutish travelling strongman (Anthony Quinn) acquires a waif-like young assistant (Giulietta Masina) before taking to the road in Federico Fellini’s acclaimed neo-realist fable. Watch and discover
