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Gelsomina's (Guilietta Masina) sister Rosa has already died on the road with Zampano's (Anthony Quinn) one-man travelling show when "La Strada begins." Needing another assistant, Zampano returns to Rosa's village where the girls' mother agrees to sell Gelsomina to Zampano also, in exchange for 10,000 lire. The other children are going hungry and Gelsomina herself is regarded as somewhat worthless; she is exceedingly timid and does no work to help the family. If this exchange seems somewhat coldhearted, it only hints at the treatment Gelsomina will receive throughout the rest of the film...
...streets of the city looking to fill the roles for his large cast. The result is a mixture of experienced and first-time actors who bring life especially to the film's lighter scenes. Particularly impressive is Chazz Palminnteri as the gangster Sonny. Palminteri, who also wrote the one-man play on which the film is based, shines even among a myriad of terrific performers...
...losing battle Restic is fighting, a one-man Alamo garrison. It's part of the reason Restic's getting out after 23 years...
...dismay of neighboring Saudi Arabia's conservative monarchy, the Red Sea republic of Yemen has taken a first step from one-man rule toward multiparty democracy. The General People's Congress Party, which governed North Yemen before its 1990 merger with the Marxist South, won a plurality of the 301 parliamentary seats. But in a bid to curb lawlessness and inflation, President Ali Abdullah Saleh promises a coalition government that will include the southern Yemen socialist and fundamentalist parties...
...flamboyant direction. The set, with its twin baboons, makes a number of obvious symbolic links. The twin baboons connect Earnest and Frank and their removal from civilization. The symmetrically arranged circus rings emphasize the isolation of the characters. Frank and Earnest each live in the spotlight of a one-man circus, where they alone exist...