108 mins |
Rated
M
A truthful Italian journey, La Strada is a road well worth travelling. It is a tender, realistic parable about a boorish and brutish ‘strong man’ who literally buys a happy but mentally incompetent lass from her impoverished mother to serve as his clown, cook and concubine.
La Strada is Fellini’s earliest masterpiece and occasioned the director’s ascent to stardom.
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A truthful Italian journey, La Strada is a road well worth travelling. It is a tender, realistic parable about a boorish and brutish ‘strong man’ who literally buys a happy but mentally incompetent lass from her impoverished mother to serve as his clown, cook and concubine.
La Strada is Fellini’s earliest masterpiece and occasioned the director’s ascent to stardom.