Drama · Comedy
Italian (Le notti di Cabiria)
1957 · Directed by Federico Fellini · 110 min
A small, tough, endlessly hopeful woman scrapes a living on the margins of Rome and keeps looking for someone who will love her. Part comic sketchbook, part street portrait, the film follows a series of encounters that test how much belief one person can carry.
Why it matters in cinema history
A key late-1950s film in Italian cinema, when directors moved from postwar social realism toward more subjective, poetic and fantastical filmmaking, with Fellini leading that shift.
Watch with intention
Watch Masina's face and body as the film's main language: comedy and heartbreak often arrive in the same gesture.
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