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 ...

Nov 22, 2020 · La Strada tells the story of Gelsomina, an innocent and poor young woman, whose mother sells her to Zampanò, a traveling showman. Zampanò uses ...

The film begins (and will end) by the sea, always a sign of transformation for Fellini. A rich symbol, we could read it as life-giving—or killing; as fertile ...

May 13, 2018 · La Strada begins and ends at the sea, and has a prominent visit to the beach in the middle of the film when Gelsomina declines the opportunity ...

Feb 7, 2007 · This haunting epiphany creates a sense of time forlornly blending into vacant eternity. (It is the same kind of poetry that John Ford's ...

Nov 2, 2021 · A film of despair and optimism, cruelty and salvation, and its own clandestine sense of humor, La strada contains philosophical and spiritual ...

Fellini described La Strada as "a complete catalogue of my entire mythological world, a dangerous representation of my identity that was undertaken with no ...

Sep 29, 2011 · But I am certain that the film conveys a message of both redemption and hope. One must first consider the essential goodness of Gelsomina. She ...