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8.1/10
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A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 17 wins & 7 nominations total
François Périer
- Oscar D'Onofrio
- (as François Perier)
Ciccio Barbi
- Man on the Stage
- (uncredited)
Luciano Bonanni
- Pascello
- (uncredited)
Loretta Capitoli
- Rosy
- (uncredited)
Amerigo Castrighella
- Hypnotised man
- (uncredited)
Leo Catozzo
- The Man with the Sack
- (uncredited)
Dominique Delouche
- Priest with the Flag
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaFederico Fellini cast film editor Leo Catozzo as the "man with the sack" and wanted to keep that sequence in the release print over the objections of producer Dino De Laurentiis. De Laurentiis thought the scene slowed the film down and finally resorted to stealing the scene from the editing room. According to DeLaurentiis, about 5-7 years after its original release, Fellini rang him and begged to get the scene back, so he could restore it. As the movie had now achieved a classic status, the producer agreed.
- GoofsWhen the pilgrims pass Cabiria in the night, there is a closeup of the naked feet of the women. On the following wide shot, the women are wearing shoes.
- Quotes
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli: [in Italian]
[to Oscar]
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli: Guess there's some justice in the world. You suffer, you go through hell. Then happiness comes along or everyone.
- Alternate versionsNights of Cabiria has been available in videos in the original version. The Rialto Pictures 1998 version, released in theaters in 1998, restores a scene showing a mystery man with a sack delivering food and blankets to people sheltered in holes. The 1998 version restored picture and sound, has a new translation, and is available from The Criterion Collection (DVD) and Homevision Cinema (DVD). Update 2019: The film has been restored in 4K from the interpositive and is now available for the first time on home video in a Blu Ray version that is comparable to a good 35mm print.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Decoy: Ladies Man (1958)
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Stunning cinema
My friends went to see The Queen last night - I was too tired and decided to go back home. I put in the DVD and got into bed figuring I would watch an half hour or so and fall asleep. At the end of nearly 2 hours, I was sitting up straight, wide awake, awestruck at the genius in the direction and acting. This is cinema at its finest. I have seen La Strada before and I now rank Fellini's earlier work as among my all time favorites (along with Ozu.) Masina's tearful smile at the camera at the end is pure magic - so much dignity and hope captured in a single second. Her performance throughout the movie was a revelation - she got innocent hope and graceful charm to shine through her foul-mouthed vulgar acting character. I simultaneously cared and despaired for her - this movie pulled me in like no recent Hollywood movie has for a long long time.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $766,530
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $38,988
- Jul 5, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $770,764
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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