May 13, 2018 · But the sea is alternately beautiful and threatening, it offers opportunity despite uncertainty, and its vastness makes us feel like small and ...

May 25, 2017 · It is a symbol for Zampano's strength. And, the first time Gelsomina sees this feat it represents two opposing ideas. One is that the strong man ...

A rich symbol, we could read it as life-giving—or killing; as fertile and as sterile; as deep and inexhaustible; as familiar and unknowable; as yielding nothing ...

Nov 22, 2020 · The title of the film, in English, means “the road”. The road that the characters must journey on in this film is one that deals with internal ...

“La Strada” cleverly leaves its viewer ruminating over waves of themes such as destiny, cruelty, unselfishness, loneliness, the sorrow and beauty in life, and ...

The film explores themes of love, loss, and the search for meaning. Through the journey of Gelsomina and Zampanò, La Strada delves into the complexities of ...

Apr 1, 1994 · A brutish strongman named Zampano (Anthony Quinn) tours Italy, living in a ramshackle caravan pulled by a motorcycle. He needs an assistant for ...

Mar 18, 2015 · A family in abject poverty scratches out a living at the margins. Sweet and naive Gelsomina is sold by her mother into indentured servitude to ...

Like the principals, it wanders along a sad and sometimes comic path while accentuating man's loneliness and need for love.We have no idea why "La Strada," ...