My Rating : 7/10
La Strada literally means The Road or The Way in Italian. This is a road movie. And some say it's one of the first road movies made.
It's a good movie too, by the way.
A brutish man named Zampano buys the innocent urchin-like Gelsomina to be his traveling companion in his one-man carnival act. That's the main premise of this film. Zampano is physically and emotionally cruel to Gelsomina and yet Gelsomina is supportive of him and her child-like perception make her a perfect complement to the selfish, oafish character of Zampano.
A simple structure, reminding of the Italian neorealism seen in movies like Bicycle Thieves or Umberto D albeit with a bit more grandiose feel due to Fellini's direction style.
7/10 for me.
La Strada literally means The Road or The Way in Italian. This is a road movie. And some say it's one of the first road movies made.
It's a good movie too, by the way.
A brutish man named Zampano buys the innocent urchin-like Gelsomina to be his traveling companion in his one-man carnival act. That's the main premise of this film. Zampano is physically and emotionally cruel to Gelsomina and yet Gelsomina is supportive of him and her child-like perception make her a perfect complement to the selfish, oafish character of Zampano.
A simple structure, reminding of the Italian neorealism seen in movies like Bicycle Thieves or Umberto D albeit with a bit more grandiose feel due to Fellini's direction style.
7/10 for me.