Women of Italian Cinema - Co-Presented by The Center for Italian Studies, Stony
Brook University
Federico Fellini’s LA STRADA
Starring Giulietta Masina
Wednesday, March 6th at 7:30pm
Introduction by Giuseppe Gazzola, Stony Brook University
$16 Public | $10 Members
There has never been a face quite like that of Giulietta
Masina. Her husband, the legendary Federico Fellini, directs her as
Gelsomina in La Strada, the film that launched them both to
international stardom. Gelsomina is sold by her mother into the employ of
Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), a brutal strongman in a traveling circus. When
Zampanò encounters an old rival in highwire artist the Fool (Richard Basehart),
his fury is provoked to its breaking point, triggering a spiral of events that
consumes them all. With La Strada Fellini left behind the
familiar signposts of Italian neorealism for a poetic fable of love and
cruelty, evoking brilliant performances and winning the hearts of audiences and
critics worldwide. (Italy, 1954, 108 min., b/w, DCP)