The development process was long and tortuous there were problems during production, including insecure financial backing, problematic casting, and numerous delays. As a result, the film demanded more time and effort than any of his other works, before or later.
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.įellini described La Strada as 'a complete catalogue of my entire mythological world, a dangerous representation of my identity that was undertaken with no precedent whatsoever'. La strada ( The Road) is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano.
