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Nights of Cabiria

(Le notti di Cabiria, Federico Fellini, 1957)

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Black-and-white still of Cabiria (Giulietta Masina) lying on a bed with her head resting against her fist and her elbow on the pillow. There is a radio on the bed next to her and photographs on the headboard.

Giulietta Masina portrays Cabiria, a sex worker in Rome who searches for love despite life’s hardships, in this “deep, wrenching, and eloquent filmgoing experience” (New York Times).

After suffering public humiliation as an unwitting pawn in a magic show, Cabiria is comforted by a man in the audience. Has she found true love, or will happiness elude her once again? Nights of Cabiria won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (110 mins., 4K DCP)

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Black-and-white still of Cabiria (Giulietta Masina) lying on a bed with her head resting against her fist and her elbow on the pillow. There is a radio on the bed next to her, photographs on the headboard, and religious artwork the wall above her.

Nights of Cabiria, image courtesy of Rialto Pictures.

Black-and-white still of Cabiria (Giulietta Masina) standing next to a convertible. She is wearing a fur coat and looking straight ahead, beyond the car. A neon-lit sign with the words “NIGHT CLUB” hangs above her.

Nights of Cabiria, image courtesy of Rialto Pictures.

Black-and-white still of Cabiria (Giulietta Masina), who has short, light-colored hair and is wearing a striped shirt and fur coat, waving and smiling widely while two people lean against a car beside her, one of whom is looking at her as if in disapproval.

Nights of Cabiria, image courtesy of Rialto Pictures.

Black-and-white still of Cabiria (Giulietta Masina) grasping the wire fence she’s standing behind. She is smiling and looking ahead.

Nights of Cabiria, image courtesy of Rialto Pictures.

Retrospective: Federico Fellini is part of the Federico Fellini 100 tour, a series of centennial tributes to the director coordinated by Paola Ruggiero and Camilla Cormanni of Luce Cinecittà in Rome.

Nights of Cabiria was digitally restored by L’Immagine Ritrovata.

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Nights of Cabiria