The following day, Cabiria and some of her friends attend a church mass, where she pleads the Virgin Mary for a better life. She has never seen this man before, but she is both impressed and confused by his charity toward others. As she heads home later that night, she sees a man giving food to the poor people living in caves near her house. Just as she is about to join the procession, a man driving a truck pulls up and offers her a ride home. As her associates mock the Church, Cabiria is drawn to the procession. The following day, a church procession passes by the street where Cabiria and her friends hang out.

Cabiria is told to wait out the night in the bathroom, and ends up watching Lazzari and his girlfriend reconcile their relationship through the keyhole of the bathroom door. The two share an intimate moment in Lazzari's bedroom, but are quickly interrupted by the intrusion of Lazzari's previous girlfriend. The irritated Lazzari takes the starstruck Cabiria to another club where they dance the mambo, before returning to the movie star's house, where Cabiria is astounded by its opulence. One night, she is outside an upscale nightclub and witnesses a fight between famous movie star Alberto Lazzari and his girlfriend. She is bitter, and when her best friend and neighbor, Wanda, tries to help her get over him, Cabiria shoos her away and remains disgruntled. She is quickly saved by a group of onlooking bystanders who prevent her from drowning.Ĭabiria returns to her small home, but Giorgio has disappeared. Oblivious to Giorgio's criminal intentions, Cabiria stands close to the edge of the water, before being pushed in to the river, and having her purse and money stolen.

Prostitute Cabiria and her lover Giorgio playfully chase each other through a field and up to the bank of a river. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that 'have changed the collective memory of the country between 19.' Plot This was the second straight year Italy and Fellini won this Academy Award, having won for La Strada, which also starred Masina. The film is based on a story by Fellini, who expanded into a screenplay along with his co-writers Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli and Pier Paolo Pasolini.īesides the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for Giulietta Masina, Nights of Cabiria won the 1957 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The cast also features François Périer and Amedeo Nazzari. It stars Giulietta Masina as Cabiria, a prostitute living in Rome. Nights of Cabiria ( Italian: Le notti di Cabiria) is a 1957 drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini.

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