Absolutely savage how the men in this movie keep telling Fellini's wife she looks like various vegetables.
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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 circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
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Sometimes in life we meet someone special even if we don't realize it until we've moved past them. Someone you find who is kind, curious, maybe a little bit innocent and maybe a little bit naive, but nonetheless someone you can take in under your wing. It's a favor you're doing them, showing them the ropes of life and teaching them things they never knew about before.Though you were strangers at one point you grow closer to each other, closer to their eyes and their smile until you can see them in your sleep. You start to look forward to the presence of their company until you start to miss them when you're away. No matter, you always come back. That's just how reliant you are with each other.Soon you become inseparable, familiar with each other's quirks and habits as well as what irritates the other. Sometimes it can't be helped, these irritations I mean, especially when it comes from them. You can't be helped, getting upset I mean, especially because you're so close to them. Sometimes it's so much you need to leave. No matter, you always come back. That's just how dependent you are on each other.Until one day they irritate you so much that you leave and never come back. You wasted your time on them, on giving them everything you could when you could've just let them go on their way. Good bye, good riddance, and good luck with your life. You won't be a part of it anymore.... and then one day you look back and remember those days. You realize you gave them all you could, except your compassion, your patience, your understanding, your kindness. Why didn't you give those too? Because you loved them, you loved them and didn't want to accept that. Because to do so would be to truly let them into your heart, and that's a closeness you just weren't ready for – even if they were.
i just want to give Gelsomina a big hug🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 like a very huge one
Common questions
What is La Strada about?+
The film follows Gelsomina, a young woman sold by her impoverished mother to a brutal strongman named Zampanò, as she accompanies him on a wandering life across the Italian countryside.
Who directed La Strada?+
Federico Fellini directed the film in 1954, marking a pivotal moment in his transition from traditional neorealism toward his signature symbolic and poetic style.
Has La Strada won any awards?+
Yes, it won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1957, bringing international attention to Fellini and Giulietta Masina.
