Has an unmistakable other-ness to it, as it is an early precursor to the sort of magical realism that would take hold in Fellini’s late-career efforts.
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08/25/04
La Strada (1954)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:30
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Zampano (Anthony Quinn), a performer in a traveling carnival outside of Rome, purchases the young, poor Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) to be his wife and assistant. Although she shows genuine... [More]
Starring: Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani
Director: Federico Fellini
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Reviews for La Strada
The searing, tearful tell that won Fellini his best Oscar for best foreign film and may be his finest masterpiece.
09/17/04
No review available.
03/31/03
An overwhelming humanism underscores the whole film and leaves its ultimate meaning up to interpretation.
03/10/03
A marvellous film.
11/03/01
Two unforgettable performances anchor one of Fellini's most powerful films.
06/09/05
Early mush from the master, Federico Fellini.
04/27/09
Top CriticLa Strada is the first film that can be called entirely 'Felliniesque.'
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
10/07/02
No review available.
12/12/06
A landmark in Federico Fellini's career.
06/13/05
A fairly straightforward story whose poignancy is accentuated by Masina's delicate performance and Nino Rota's exquisite score.
11/25/03
Leaves me cold… no critical account of it I have read has struck me as compelling or illuminating.
11/22/04
One of Fellini's weakest films, but no less with all his basic assurances of competency.
07/10/03
Fellini once described this masterpiece, which marks his break with the strictures of neo-realism, as "the complete catalogue of my mythical world;" It could be seen as another, poetic version of Beauty and the Beast fable.
01/24/07
Whimsical but gritty.
07/06/05
simple yet memorable
11/26/03
No review available.
12/26/03
Fellini made several films with actress Giulietta Masina, whom was also his wife, but the character of Gelsomina is the one which, over the years, has been most fondly spoken of and written about.
02/17/05
Signor Fellini has used his small cast, and, equally important, his camera, with the unmistakable touch of an artist. His vignettes fill his movie with beauty, sadness, humor and understanding.
05/20/03
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