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La Strada
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La Strada ("The Road") is a 1954 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini, starring Anthony Quinn and Giulietta Masina and produced by Carlo Ponti and Dino De Laurentiis. Nino Rota composed the memorable soundtrack.Gelsomina (Masina) is a slow-witted peasant girl whose sister Rosa left some time in the backstory, to work with strongman Zampanò (Quinn) as part of his traveling strongman act. The film begins with Zampanò's return to Gelsomina's home following the death of Rosa. Gelsomina's mother literally sells her to Zampanò as a replacement. Gelsomina is then left in a grim existence with the brutish, physically abusive Zampanò, working as the clown in Zampanò's act. Her only friend is "The Fool", a clown and high-wire performer who delights in antagonizing the humorless, thuggish Zampanò.La Strada won the first competitive Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (prior awards had been honorary). Fellini described it as "my most representative film". | |
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A Taste of the Lash | |
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A Taste of the Lash: When Gelsomina is slow to pick up the routine that Zampanò is trying to teach her, he picks up a switch and lashes her legs with it. | |
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Shipper on Deck | |
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Shipper on Deck: The Fool encourages Gelsomina to stick with Zampanò. | |
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Every Car Is a Pinto | |
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Every Car Is a Pinto: Zampanò pushes a car off a bridge. It falls maybe ten feet. It bursts into flames. (The "whoosh" of the explosive charge is clearly audible.) | |
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Sad Clown | |
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Sad Clown: Gelsomina, especially after The Fool dies. | |
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One Head Taller | |
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One Head Taller: The hulking Zampanò dwarfs tiny little Gelsomina. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: Gelsomina dies. Zampanò is left broken and alone. | |
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Hong Kong Dub | |
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Hong Kong Dub: As was typical for Italian films at the time, it was shot without sound and the dialogue was dubbed in later. Neither Quinn (a Mexican-American) or Richard Basehart (an American, playing The Fool) spoke Italian, so they just spoke English during filming, while Masina and the others spoke Italian. None of it is dubbed very well, but that's arguably part of its charm. | |
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Drowning My Sorrows | |
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Drowning My Sorrows: Zampanò gets roaring drunk after finding out that Gelsomina is dead. | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: In the first scene, Gelsomina is gathering reeds on the beach. In the last scene, Zampanò is weeping on a beach somewhere after finding out that Gelsomina is dead. | |
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Mathematician's Answer | |
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Mathematician's Answer | |
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Smoking Is Cool | |
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Smoking Is Cool: Invoked in The Fool's introduction, when he has a cigarette jammed in the frets of his violin. He pauses, takes a drag, sticks the cigarette back in between the frets, and starts playing again. | |
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Time Skip | |
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Time Skip: "Four or five years" between Zampanò abandoning Gelsomina and discovering her fate. | |
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Sanity Slippage | |
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Sanity Slippage: The weight of The Fool's death causes Gelsomina to become emotionally blunt. | |
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Hair-Trigger Temper | |
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Hair-Trigger Temper: Zampanò, particularly when he's been drinking. It gets him in trouble many times over the course of the film. | |
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Untranslated Title | |
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Untranslated Title: "The Road". | |
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Breaking the Bonds | |
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Breaking the Bonds: This is the highlight of Zampanò's act. He ties a metal chain around his chest, and then breaks it by expanding his muscles. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: The Fool says he's going to die young. Ostensibly it's because of his tightrope stunts, but actually Zampano kills him first. | |
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Inspirationally Disadvantaged | |
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Inspirationally Disadvantaged: Gelsomina comes off as slightly mentally challenged. Her mother says "she just came out a little strange." | |
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Leitmotif | |
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Leitmotif: Gelsomina's song, which she plays on the trumpet. | |
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Death by Despair | |
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Death by Despair: Apparently what happened to Gelsomina after The Fool died, as told to Zampanò. she wouldn't eat, and just sat around until she died. | |
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Comforting Comforter | |
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Comforting Comforter: Subverted when Zampanò covers a sleeping Gelsomina with a blanket, then abandons her by the side of the road. | |
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No Name Given | |
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No Name Given: The Fool's real name is never mentioned. | |
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Broken Bird | |
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Broken Bird: Gelsomina is shattered after Zampanò accidentally kills The Fool, unable to perform the act, recoiling from contact with Zampanò, crying and mourning that "The Fool is hurt". | |
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Love Redeems | |
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Love Redeems: Gelsomina's love and her tragic death seems to have redeemed Zampanò from beyond the grave. | |
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Love Martyr | |
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Love Martyr: Despite Zampanò's cruel, brutish, abusive ways, Gelsomina falls in love with him, offering to stay with him and marry him because no one else will. | |
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Would Hit a Girl | |
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Would Hit a Girl: Zampanò is physically abusive to Gelsomina. | |
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Accidental Murder | |
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Accidental Murder / I Didn't Mean to Kill Him: Zampanò only punches The Fool a few times, but after all, he is the strongman. He tries to explain to Gelsomina that he didn't mean to do it, but it doesn't help. | |
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Non-Ironic Clown | |
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Non-Ironic Clown: Gelsomina is the clown and comic relief in Zampanò's act. The Fool is also a working clown. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
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Pet the Dog: Zampanò is abusive towards Gelsomina, but at one point displays a hint of playful friendliness towards her when he's buying clothes off of a widow. | |
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