La Strada
About La Strada
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. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circu…
La Strada is a 1954 drama film directed by Federico Fellini. It runs 115 minutes and was released in September 1954.
Its themes are dying and death, circus, sadness, and single.
Giulietta Masina takes the lead as Gelsomina, Anthony Quinn as Zampanò, Richard Basehart as Matto, and Aldo Silvani as Mr. Giraffa. The screenplay is by Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.
La Dolce Vita, Snow Cake, and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 make useful companions to La Strada, all filed under black and white. TMDB voters put it at 7.9 out of 10 across 1,204 votes and it carries a NR rating.