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 ...

Apr 1, 1994 · A brutish strongman named Zampano (Anthony Quinn) tours Italy, living in a ramshackle caravan pulled by a motorcycle. He needs an assistant for ...

When Gelsomina finds a friend in an old competitor of Zampano´s she is full of joy and hope. Since he is the diametrical opposite from Zampano, he becomes a ...

May 13, 2018 · La Strada begins and ends at the sea, and has a prominent visit to the beach in the middle of the film when Gelsomina declines the opportunity ...

Nov 2, 2021 · A film of despair and optimism, cruelty and salvation, and its own clandestine sense of humor, La strada contains philosophical and spiritual ...

Gelsomina is sold by her mother into the employ of Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), a brutal strongman in a traveling circus. When Zampanò encounters an old rival in ...

Mar 18, 2015 · A bleak and windswept beach somewhere at the edges of postwar rural Italy. A family in abject poverty scratches out a living at the margins.

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