Frem Here To Awesome Festival
Advertisement

Nights of Cabiria
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Rate this movie.

Buy it now on DVD
Starting at $29.86

Rent it, watch it, find it

Advertisement

Synopsis
Nights of Cabiria opens with Cabiria (Giulietta Masina) and her boyfriend playfully embracing by the seaside -- and then he shoves her into the water and steals her purse. Cabiria is revived by some local boys and runs off by herself, shouting. What follows is a series of similarly humiliating episodes, in which the defiantly positive prostitute Cabiria is hurt, but never broken. She gets picked up by movie star Alberto Lazzati (Amedeo Nazzari, doing a self-parody) and taken to his palatial estate. However, his mistress shows up and Cabiria gets locked in the bathroom all night with the dog. She then joins her fellow prostitutes for a blessing from the Virgin Mary, and ends up getting drunk and wandering into a local show, where the hypnotist invites her to join him on-stage. The audience heckles her, and she toughly reminds them of her independence and that she owns her own house. There she meets Oscar (François Perier), an accountant who romantically pursues her. Despite the warnings of her fellow prostitute friend, Wanda (Franca Marzi), she prepares to sell all her belongings and accept Oscar's proposal of marriage. After being ruthlessly taken advantage of once again, Cabiria walks off alone with a smirk of hope. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Cast

Franca Marzi Wanda Cabiria's Friend
Giulietta Masina Cabiria
Amedeo Nazzari Alberto Lazzati, movie star
François Perier Oscar D'Onofrio, Accountant

Production Crew

Piero Gherardi Art Director
Aldo Tonti Cinematographer
Otello Martelli Cinematographer
Nino Rota Composer (Music Score)
Piero Gherardi Costume Designer
Federico Fellini Director
Leo Cattozzo Editor
Eligio Trani Makeup
Dino de Laurentiis Producer
Ennio Flaiano Screenwriter
Federico Fellini Screenwriter
Pier Paolo Pasolini Screenwriter
Tullio Pinelli Screenwriter
Year: 1957
Runtime: 111
Country: France
MPAA Rating: NR
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Release
July 01, 1998 (USA)

Awards
1957 - Best Foreign Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1957 - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy
1957 - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy