La Strada Movie (1954): Where to watch and stream online

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You can stream La Strada on: The Criterion Channel and Apple TV Store

La Strada

1954, Movie, 1h 55min

With this breakthrough film, Federico Fellini launched both himself and his wife and collaborator Giulietta Masina to international stardom, breaking with the neorealism of his early career in favor of a personal, poetic vision of life as a bittersweet carnival. The infinitely expressive Masina registers both childlike wonder and heartbreaking despair as Gelsomina, loyal companion to the traveling strongman Zampanò (Anthony Quinn, in a toweringly physical performance), whose callousness and brutality gradually wear down her gentle spirit. Winner of the very first Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, LA STRADA (“The Road”) possesses the purity and timeless resonance of a fable and remains one of cinema’s most exquisitely moving visions of humanity struggling to survive in the face of life’s cruelties.

Country: Italy

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Kasper Løvborg

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Amazing. An experience.

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Set in the 1950s, La Strada follows the story of Gelsomina, a naive and simple-minded young woman who is sold by her impoverished mother to the brutish strongman Zampanò to be his assistant and wife. As they travel the Italian countryside performing together, Gelsomina finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, a gentle-natured tightrope-walking clown, and contemplates leaving Zampanò. However, their relationship is complicated by Zampanò's volcanic temper and possessiveness, leading to tragic consequences. The film explores themes of servitude, love, and the struggle for independence, set against the backdrop of a traveling circus.

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You can stream La Strada on: The Criterion Channel Apple TV Store