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La strada (1954)
8.2
A carefree girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way. Director:Federico Fellini |
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| Anthony Quinn | ... |
Zampanò
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| Giulietta Masina | ... | ||
| Richard Basehart | ... |
Il Matto - The Fool
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Aldo Silvani | ... |
Signor Giraffa
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Marcella Rovere | ... |
La Vedova
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Livia Venturini | ... |
La Suorina
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Sad story of a waif, Gelsomina, who is sold by her mother to Zampano for 10,000 lire and a few kilos of food. Zampano is a traveling showman who exhibits feats of strength by breaking a chain wrapped around his chest. He performs in village squares and then passes the hat for whatever the normally small crowd is prepared to give. He teaches Gelsomina a drum roll as part of his introduction. He doesn't treat her well and when she tries to run away, he beats her. They eventually join a small traveling circus where they meet Il Matto but a disagreement leads to tragedy. Zampano eventually abandons the girl and it's only many years later that he learns of her fate. Written by garykmcd
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You've been hearing about a great picture called La Strada (The Road)...now it is here!Genres:
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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[collecting money from the crowd]
Zampanò: Thank you, thank you. Now, to do this feat, I must fill myself up like a tire. If a blood vessel should break, I would spit blood. For instance, in Milan a man weighing 240 pounds lost his eyesight doing this trick. That is because the optical nerves take a beating, and once you lose your eyes, you are finished. If there's any delicate person in the audience, I would advise him to look away 'cause there could be blood.
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(1954) (uncredited)
Music by Nino Rota and Michele Galdieri
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Won the first ever Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. See more »Goofs
Continuity: At the wedding, the size and color of the dot on Gelsomina's nose appears to change between the times when she is taken to Oswaldo and when she is fed. See more »Quotes
Zampanò: [reciting his act by rote before a crowd] Here we have a piece of chain that is a quarter of an inch thick. It is made of crude iron, stronger than steel. With the simple expansion of my pectoral muscles, or chest, that is, I'll break the hook.[collecting money from the crowd]
Zampanò: Thank you, thank you. Now, to do this feat, I must fill myself up like a tire. If a blood vessel should break, I would spit blood. For instance, in Milan a man weighing 240 pounds lost his eyesight doing this trick. That is because the optical nerves take a beating, and once you lose your eyes, you are finished. If there's any delicate person in the audience, I would advise him to look away 'cause there could be blood.
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Featured in The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002) See more »Soundtracks
"Down a Lonely Road"(1954) (uncredited)
Music by Nino Rota and Michele Galdieri
Published by Leeds See more »
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