Thursday 7 November 2024 at 6.30pm
In Italian with English subtitles
La strada
Director: Federico Fellini
Screenplay: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli
Cast: Anthony Queen, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart
Drama/1954/1h 08 mins/B&W
The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman from an impoverished family bought from her mother by Zampanò a brutish strongman who takes her with him on the road in a travelling circus. La strada remains one of cinema’s most exquisitely moving visions of humanity struggling to survive in the face of life’s cruelties.
Academy Awards 1957 Winner Best Foreign Language Film
Nastro D’Argento 1955 Winner Best Director, Best Producer, Best Screenplay
Venice Film Festival 1954 Silver Lion
Introduction and post screening discussion with Nick Walker
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Nick Walker has worked in the film industry, wrote film articles for The Guardian, is a film lecturer, programmer and host of film salon events in London and Rochester. Nick has a Master’s Degree in Film Culture.