One of Federico Fellini’s most acclaimed films has been given a new 2K digital restoration, and if you’re in the U.K., you are lucky enough to be able to see it on the big screen next month. This May, the winner of the the inaugural Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, La Strada, will return to theaters there, and they’ve released a new trailer.
Featuring a heartbreaking performance from Giulietta Masina, the film tells the story of her struggle under the brutish Zampanò (Anthony Quinn) as they tour Italy. While we’ll hopefully see the restoration come stateside eventually, check out the trailer below, along with synopsis and new poster.
In a story of true outsiders, Masina plays Gelsomina, a naïve young woman sold by her desperate mother to boorish strongman Zampanò (an immensely charismatic Anthony Quinn) to be both his wife and performance assistant as he tours central Italy. Zampanò – a brute by trade and by nature – repeatedly abuses Gelsomina as she struggles to learn the ropes; meanwhile, she finds a kindred spirit in his rival the Fool (Richard Basehart). Soon all three find themselves part of the same travelling circus, but with tragic consequences.
La Strada returns to U.K. theaters on May 19.