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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Federico Fellini |
| Stars: |
Anthony Quinn |
| Actors: |
Aldo Silvani |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Romances · Disturbing · On-The-Road · Surreal · Love Story · Love · Essential Cinema · Classic · Italian |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Criterion / Art House Collection |
| UPC: |
715515043618 |
| Release Date: |
1954 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 47min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Italian |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 48min
Release Company: Criterion Collection (November 11, 2003)
UPC: 037429135426 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 47min |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/28/2003, p.6E, Mike Clark): "If you see just one film from director Federico Fellini's early period before 1963's 8 1/2, it ought to be this tearjerker." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Zampano (Anthony Quinn), a performer in a traveling carnival outside of Rome, purchases the young, poor Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) to be his wife and assistant. Although she shows genuine enthusiasm as an assistant, putting on a fabulous clown act akin to Charlie Chaplin, nobody seems to appreciate her; she quietly endures a life of emotional coldness and cruelty. When she meets "The Fool," Ilmatto (Richard Basehart), a quicksilver trapeze artist who befriends her and offers her warmth, kindness, and an uplifting vision of the world, Gelsomina convinces herself that she and Zampano are in love. She is plunged into despair, however, after Zampano interferes in a jealous rage, precipitating a tragedy that will haunt him forever. Federico Fellini establishes a style and certain key themes in this film that he repeats as trademarks in subsequent films: the beach as a symbol of purity and release; haunting, soft female singing as a symbol of memory; examinations of Catholics and their religion as a cult beh... |
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