Gelsomina---La Strada (1954)--Federico Fellini

La strada (English: The Road) is a 1954 Italian neorealist drama directed by Federico Fellini in which a naive young woman (Giulietta Masina) is sold to a brutish man (Anthony Quinn) and goes on the road as a part of his itinerant show. La strada won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1956.
Gelsomina (Fellini's wife Giulietta Masina), a fey young woman, is sold for 10,000 lire by her impoverished mother to the Gypsy Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), to take the place of her now dead sister Rosa. Zampanò makes a living as an itinerant strongman, entertaining crowds by breaking an iron chain just by expanding his chest, and then passing around a hat for tips.

[peterfels]

Giulietta Masina, bringt hier eine der besten schauspielerischen Leistungen aller Zeiten.
Zusammen mit Anthony Quinn eines der besten Filmpaare, wenn nicht sogar das beste der Filmgeschichte.

[sganassaboys]

this movie for me is one of the most delicate and tender as ever