Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Giulietta Masina, Amedeo Nazzari, Francois Perier, Dorian Gray, Pina Gualandri
Screenwriter: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Tullio Pinelli
Composer: Nino Rota
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
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Giulietta Masina's performance...is easily one of the best in the history of screen acting
Fellini's masterpiece, which won the Foreign-Language Oscar, features Giulietta Masina (Fellini's wife) in her most heart-breaking performances, playing a naive prostitute who endures an endless series of devastating misfortunes with her soul intact.
Giulietta Masina's finest hour, and perhaps husband Federico Fellini's as well.
Straightforward depiction of a lonely woman's desperate plight and inability to deal with evil and conniving men.
In 1957, Fellini was still as indebted to neo-realism as to surrealism, and this melancholy tale of a prostitute working the outskirts of Rome is notable for its straightforward depiction of destitution.
What makes the character so poignant is that her final fortification is not her street wisdom -- that's all surface -- but her innocence. Her ultimate protection is our sympathy for her.
Even in the mutilated version of the film, Masina shone and sparkled in her shabby role.
Nights of Cabiria is a heartbreaking foray into the breezy Roma evenings, a tragic portrayal of empty hopes, frustration, and shattered pride.
Ingênua, romântica e sempre esperançosa, Cabíria é a personagem definitiva de Giulietta Masina e também uma das mais marcantes da filmografia de Fellini, que constrói um filme comovente e incrivelmente revelador sobre a força da natureza humana.
This Academy Award-winner for Best Foreign Film is always cited as one of Fellini’s greatest.
Cabiria's story is indeed heartrending, but neither director nor actress allow her time for self-pity.
One of the all-time greats is back on the big screen where it belongs.


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