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 ...

Rating 8/10

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A man of uncommon strength, who lives on the road and makes his living as an entertainer performing feats of strength, but who masks the emptiness of his life ...

Apr 1, 1994 · You will find journeys, processions, parades, clowns, freaks, and the shabby melancholy of an empty field at dawn, after the circus has left. ( ...

Rating 97%

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When Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina), a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò (Anthony Quinn) to be ...

Apr 12, 2021 · The film begins where it will end, on the beach bordering Gelsomina's and Rosa's family home. "Gelsomina...!" sounds in the distance, sirened ...

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Rating 4.5

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La Strada is a film with a "neorealist" core. The ravaged countryside, the long, lonely vistas of fields, the sea, and the faces of poverty belong in large ...

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This translation and critical edition of the continuity script for "La Strada" is a guide to the film. The notes to the shooting script enable the reader to ...