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Certificate PG

Cast Giulietta Masina Anthony Quinn Richard Basehart

Directors Frederico Fellini

Screenwriters Frederico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli

Running Time 115 minutes

La Strada
The start of Fellini's cinematic love-affair with the circus

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Plot
Travelling strongman Zampano buys the simple waif Gelsomina from her impoverished mother and trains her to assist in his act. Despite his brutality, Gelsomina remains devoted to Zampano, even after Matto, a kindly clown and high-wire walker, takes a shine to her after they join a circus.

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