La Strada (English: The Road) is a (1954) Italian neorealist drama directed by Federico Fellini in which a naive young woman (Giulietta Masina) is sold to a brutish man (Anthony Quinn) and goes on the road as a part of his itinerant show.
La Strada won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1956.
Gelsomina (Fellini's wife Giulietta Masina), a fey young woman, is sold for 10,000 lira by her impoverished mother to the Gypsy Zampanò (An...
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La Strada (English: The Road) is a (1954) Italian neorealist drama directed by Federico Fellini in which a naive young woman (Giulietta Masina) is sold to a brutish man (Anthony Quinn) and goes on the road as a part of his itinerant show.
La Strada won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1956.
Gelsomina (Fellini's wife Giulietta Masina), a fey young woman, is sold for 10,000 lira by her impoverished mother to the Gypsy Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), to take the place of her now dead sister Rosa. Zampanò makes a living as an itinerant strongman, entertaining crowds by breaking an iron chain just by expanding his chest, and then passing around a hat for tips.
Zampanò uses cruelty, both physical and emotional, to train Gelsomina as his assistant, teaching her the snare drum and trumpet, to dance a bit, and play the clown. However, she remains optimistic.
Finally, though, she rebels at her ill treatment and leaves, making her way into town. There she watches the act of another...
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