Nights of Cabiria

Nights of Cabiria (1957)

Le notti di Cabiria

The story of a betrayed but unquenchable little Roman street-walker.

Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.

Date of release
1957-10-03
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (893)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Federico Fellini

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo, Cinecittà, Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore, and Acilia
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 2. Including: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actress

Nights Of Cabiria is a 1957 Italian tragicomedy film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The film features Giulietta Masina as Cabiria, a kind-hearted prostitute living in Rome and her adventures and misfortunes trying to find happiness. The cast also features François Périer and Amedeo Nazzari. The film is based on a story by Fellini, who expanded it into a screenplay along with his co-writers Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli and Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Production

The name Cabiria is borrowed from the 1914 Italian film Cabiria, while the character of Cabiria herself is taken from a brief scene in Fellini's earlier film, The White Sheik. It was Masina's performance in that earlier film that inspired Fellini to make Nights of Cabiria. However, no one in Italy was willing to finance a film which featured prostitutes as heroines. Finally, Dino de Laurentiis agreed to put up the money.

Nights of Cabiria was filmed in many areas around Italy, including Acilia, Castel Gandolfo, Cinecittà, Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore, Porta Maggiore, the Baths of Caracalla and the Tiber River.

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