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Walt Disney expressed serious interest in creating an animated feature based on Gelsomina, and there was interest from doll manufacturers and sweets firms to use her name. "I could have lived on Gelsomina for twenty years," Fellini said.
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- Drama
- Federico Fellini
- 1956-07-16
The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman (Giulietta Masina) bought from her mother by Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), a brutish strongman who takes her with him on the road.
Mar 20, 2020 · Masina isn’t just playing Gelsomina, she is Gelsomina. Upon my research for this piece, I found out that Masina was considered too old for the role of the young woman who is sold to Anthony Quinn’s strongman Zampanò and is forced into a life on the road.
May 31, 2024 · “La Strada,” directed by Federico Fellini, is a poignant Italian film that tells the story of Gelsomina, a naive and innocent young woman, who was sold by her impoverished mother to a traveling...
Nov 2, 2021 · Even Walt Disney himself wanted to turn the enigmatic Gelsomina into animation, a surefire gold mine for Fellini that he emphatically resisted. Two years earlier, La strada’ s reception in Italy had not been quite so warm.
Jun 16, 2023 · Casting a light-skinned woman to play a brown character in a Disney movie is one version of colourism, but in Hollywood and the Pacific there are more layers of complexity.
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Federico Fellini's La Strada is one of my favourite films in how it portrays remorse. Gelsomina is such an innocent character and is often met with hostility by Zampano, the street performer who bought her as an assistant.
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