History Film / LaStrada

''La Strada'' won the first competitive UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestForeignLanguageFilm (prior awards had been honorary). Fellini described it as "my most representative film".

* HongKongDub: As was typical for Italian films at the time, it was shot without sound and the dialogue was dubbed in later. Neither Quinn (a Mexican-American) or Richard Basehart (an American, playing The Fool) spoke Italian, so they just spoke English during filming, while Masina and the others spoke Italian. None of it is dubbed very well, but that's arguably [[SoBadItsGood part of its charm]].

* FourElementEnsemble: Fellini stated each of the principal characters in the film represented the elements; Zampanò is Earth, Gelsomina is Water, and The Fool is Air.

''La Strada'' ("The Road") is a 1954 Italian film directed by Creator/FedericoFellini, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn and Giulietta Masina and produced by Carlo Ponti and Dino De Laurentiis. Music/NinoRota composed the soundtrack.

''La Strada'' ("The Road") is a 1954 Italian film directed by Creator/FedericoFellini, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn and Giulietta Masina and produced by Carlo Ponti and Dino De Laurentiis.

* HongKongDub: As was typical for Italian films at the time, it was shot without sound and the dialogue was dubbed in later. Neither Quinn (a Mexican-American) or Richard Basehart (an American, playing The Fool) spoke Italian, so they just spoke English during filming, while Masina and the others spoke Italian. None of it is dubbed very well.

''La Strada'' ("The Road") is a 1954 Italian film directed by Creator/FedericoFellini, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn and Giulietta Masina and produced by Carlo Ponti and Creator/DinoDeLaurentiis.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Fool says he doesn't have that much time to live because of his tightrope stunts. [[spoiler:He doesn't die because of this, only because Zampano kills him first]].

* HongKongDub: As was typical for Italian films at the time, it was shot without sound and the dialogue was dubbed in later. Neither Quinn (a Mexican) or Richard Basehart (an American, playing The Fool) spoke Italian, so they just spoke English during filming, while Masina and the others spoke Italian. None of it is dubbed very well.

* HongKongDub: Neither Quinn (a Mexican) or Richard Basehart (an American, playing The Fool) spoke Italian. Their dialogue was dubbed. Masina dubbed some of her dialogue also. None of it is done very well.

* AccidentalMurder / IDidntMeanToKillHim: Zampanò only punches The Fool a few times, but after all, he is the strongman. He tries to explain to Gelsomina that he didn't mean to do it, but it doesn't help.

* BrokenBird: Gelsomina is shattered after Zampanò accidentally kills The Fool, unable to perform the act, recoiling from contact with Zampanò, crying and mourning that "The Fool is hurt".
* ComfortingComforter: Subverted when Zampanò covers a sleeping Gelsomina with a blanket, then abandons her by the side of the road.
* DeathByDespair: Apparently what happened to Gelsomina after The Fool died, as told to Zampanò. she wouldn't eat, and just sat around until she died.
* DownerEnding: Gelsomina dies. Zampanò is left broken and alone.
* DrowningMySorrows: Zampanò gets roaring drunk after finding out that Gelsomina is dead.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Fool says he doesn't have that much time to live because of his tightrope stunts.

* LoveRedeems: Gelsomina's love and her tragic death seem to have redeemed Zampanò from beyond the grave.

* SadClown: Gelsomina, especially after The Fool dies.
* SanitySlippage: The weight of The Fool's death causes Gelsomina to become [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_affect_display emotionally blunt]].

* TimeSkip: "Four or five years" between Zampanò abandoning Gelsomina and discovering her fate.

''La Strada'' ("The Road") is a 1954 Italian film directed by Creator/FedericoFellini, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn and Giulietta Masina. Gelsomina (Masina) is a slow-witted peasant girl whose sister Rosa left some time in the backstory, to work with strongman Zampanò (Quinn) as part of his traveling strongman act. The film begins with Zampanò's return to Gelsomina's home following the death of Rosa. Gelsomina's mother literally sells her to Zampanò as a replacement. Gelsomina is then left in a grim existence with the brutish, physically abusive Zampanò, working as the clown in Zampanò's act. Her only friend is "The Fool", a clown and high-wire performer who delights in antagonizing the humorless, thuggish Zampanò.

''La Strada'' ("The Road") is a 1954 Italian film directed by Creator/FedericoFellini, starring Creator/AnthonyQuinn and Giulietta Masina. Gelsomina (Masina) is a slow-witted peasant girl whose sister Rosa left some time in the backstory, to work with strongman Zampanò (Quinn) as part of his traveling strongman act. The film begins with Zampanò's return to Gelsomina's home following the death of Rosa. Gelsomina's mother literally sells her to Zampanò as a replacement. Gelsomina is then left in a grim existence with the brutish, physically abusive existence with Zampanò, working as the clown in Zampanò's act. Her only friend is "The Fool", a clown and high-wire performer who delights in antagonizing the humorless, thuggish Zampanò.

''La Strada'' won the first competitive UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestForeignLanguageFilm (prior awards had been honorary).