History Film / NightsOfCabiria

''Nights of Cabiria'' is a 1957 film directed by Creator/FedericoFellini.

Fellini's wife, Giulietta Masina, stars as Cabiria. One of the earlier films produced by Dino De Laurentiis. Adapted into a Neil Simon musical ''Theatre/SweetCharity,'' which was [[RecursiveAdaptation itself adapted into a movie]] in 1969.

* BittersweetEnding: It should be a terribly depressing DownerEnding, really. Oscar robs Cabiria of absolutely everything; her 700.000 lira bankroll is gone, her house is already sold, she has nothing but the clothes she's wearing, and is left as a lonely penniless prostitute. But as she's walking down the road weeping, a bunch of partiers singing and playing instruments appear, and they cheer Cabiria up. She smiles as the film fades to black.

A 1957 Creator/FedericoFellini film that deals with Cabiria, a hooker in the suburbs of Rome, and her weird experiences, including almost being drowned by a man, going to a progression, meeting a famous actor, and wondering if she should change her ways. She tries again and again to change her life for the better, but never has any luck. The problem is that she is a fairly idealistic person against a very cynical world.

* FourthDateMarriage: Oscar proposes to Cabiria at the tenth date. She and her friend Wanda [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] it. Deconstructed.

Fellini's wife, Giulietta Masina, stars as Cabiria. One of the earlier films produced by Dino DeLaurentiis. Adapted into a Neil Simon musical ''Theatre/SweetCharity,'' which was [[RecursiveAdaptation itself adapted into a movie]] in 1969.

Fellini's wife, Giulietta Masina, stars as Cabiria. One of the earlier films produced by Creator/DinoDeLaurentiis. Adapted into a Creator/NeilSimon musical ''Theatre/SweetCharity,'' which was [[RecursiveAdaptation itself adapted into a movie]] in 1969.

A 1957 Creator/FedericoFellini film that deals with Cabiria, a hooker in the suburbs of Rome, and her weird experiences, including almost being drowned by a man, going to a progression, meeting a famous actor and wondering if she should change her ways. She tries again and again to change her life for the better, but never has any luck. The problem is that she is a fairly idealistic person against a very cynical world.

Fellini's wife, Giulietta Masina, stars as Cabiria. One of the earlier films produced by Creator/DinoDeLaurentiis. Adapted into a Creator/NeilSimon musical ''Theatre/SweetCharity'', which was [[RecursiveAdaptation itself adapted into a movie]] in 1969.

!!The film provides examples of:

* BittersweetEnding: It should be a terribly depressing DownerEnding, really. Oscar robs Cabiria of absolutely everything; her 700,000-lira bankroll is gone, her house is already sold, she has nothing but the clothes she's wearing, and is left as a lonely penniless prostitute. But as she's walking down the road weeping, a bunch of partiers singing and playing instruments appear, and they cheer Cabiria up. She smiles as the film fades to black.
* BookEnds: The film starts and finishes with a man robbing Cabiria’s purse alongside a river. Also, both men contemplate on throwing her to the river; the first one does it.

* ShoutOut: Cabiria is named for the famous Italian silent film epic ''Film/{{Cabiria}}''.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: And she can't find him.

* TheXOfY: Especially when one notes that the Italian title uses "the" (''Le Notti di Cabiria'').

Fellini's wife, Giulietta Masina, stars as Cabiria. Adapted into a Creator/NeilSimon musical ''Theatre/SweetCharity'', which was [[RecursiveAdaptation itself adapted into a movie]] in 1969.

* HypnoFool: A stage hypnotist rather cruelly hypnotizes Cabiria into believing she is meeting her dream lover.

* NoAntagonist: There's no antagonists ''per se'', Cabiria is just an unlucky girl in a very cynic world.

* HopeSpot: Oscar romances Cabiria and asks her to marry him, and it seems like she might escape her sad existence. But there is an air of foreboding about the romance. Then Cabiria shows Oscar her bankroll and he starts to act somewhat distance, and the feeling of doom intensifies. By the time he tells her he knows a shortcut through the woods, the end is practically a ForegoneConclusion.

Adapted into a Creator/NeilSimon musical ''Theatre/SweetCharity'', which was [[RecursiveAdaptation itself adapted into a movie]] in 1969.

* TheXOfY: Especially when one notes that the Italian title uses "the" (''Le Notti di Cabiria'').

* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Amleto’s uncle tries to do this, failing spectacularly.

A 1957 Creator/FedericoFellini film that deals with Cabiria, a hooker in the suburbs of Rome, and her weird experiences, including almost being drowned by a man, going to a progression, meeting a famous actor and wondering if she should change her ways. The problem is that she is a failry idealistic person against a very cynic world.

* BookEnds: The film starts and finishes with [[spoiler:a man robbing Cabiria’s purse alongside a river. Also, both men contemplate on throwing her to the river; the first one does it.]].
* BreakTheCutie
* ContrivedCoincidence: Cabiria makes a fool of herself in a show courting with an imaginary man named Oscar. Then it turns out there was a man in the audience really named Oscar, who falls for her. What a coincidence! [[spoiler:Although, of course, he probably was lying about his name.]]
* FourthDateMarriage: Oscar proposes to Cabiria at the tenth date. She and her friend Wanda [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] it. [[spoiler:Deconstructed]]

* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces
* MoodWhiplash: Throughout the movie. For instance, the movie starts with Cabiria and her lover goofing around near a river, looking like a heartwarming moment between two lovers, [[spoiler:then he throws her to the river and steals her stuff]].

* ThePollyanna
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan

A 1957 FedericoFellini film that deals with Cabiria, a hooker in the suburbs of Rome, and her weird experiences, including almost being drowned by a man, going to a progression, meeting a famous actor and wondering if she should change her ways. The problem is that she is a failry idealistic person against a very cynic world.

A FedericoFellini film that deals with Cabiria, a hooker in the suburbs of Rome, and her weird experiences, including almost being drowned by a man, going to a progression, meeting a famous actor and wondering if she should change her ways. The problem is that she is a failry idealistic person against a very cynic world.