Chatsworth, CA . Rossellini's classic is representative of neo-realistic cinema. When confronted with a crisis in either of these spheres, he lies, procrastinates, or escapes into fantasy, giving Fellini the opportunity to show the absurdity of such childishness. Much of the story is told in flashback sequences. Los Angeles, Calif. 1986.
Film is considered a classic of Italian neo-realism.
Portrays the conflict between an itinerant circus strong man whose loneliness is masked by a rough, indifferent exterior, and his simple-minded mistress who serves him with unselfish devotion in the vain hope of winning his love and understanding. To search for a series of words in an exact order, enclose those words in quotation marks. That tells the search engine to search only for pages where those words appear together in exactly that order.