When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.

Keywords: circus, prison, in-love-with-enemy, authority, harley-davidson, sadness, wave, dying-and-death, rage-and-hate, unsociability, single, revenge, road-movie,

Title: La Strada
Imdb rate: 8.0
Imdb votes: 55,195
Year: 1954
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Director: Federico Fellini
Writers: Federico Fellini (story and screenplay), Tullio Pinelli (story and screenplay), Tullio Pinelli (dialogue), Ennio Flaiano (screenplay collaborator)
Actors:
Anthony Quinn
Giulietta Masina
Richard Basehart
Aldo Silvani

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 5 nominations.