Nights of Cabiria with Giulietta Masina: DVD Cover
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Nights of Cabiria
a.k.a. Cabiria, Le Notti di Cabiria Director: Federico Fellini Cast: Giulietta Masina, Amedeo Nazzari, Franca Marzi, François Perier

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  • DVD Release Date: 09/07/1999
  • Original Release: 1957
  • Rating: Not Rated

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Features

Uncut, restored theatrical re-release version features the never-before-seen seven-minute "man with a sack" sequence; Exclusive video interview with former Fellini assistant Dominique Delouche; Audio interview with producer Dino De Laurentiis; The orginal and re-release theatrical trailers; Excerpt from Fellini's The White Sheik, in which Masina makes her first appearance as Cabiria; Restoration demonstration; New and improved English subtitle translation; Italian and optional English-dubbed tracks

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Chapters
1. Logos/Opening credits [2:25]
2. One shoe and no purse [5:44]
3. Wanda [2:57]
4. "Who told you we were friends?" [3:58]
5. Mambo at the Passeggiata Archeologica [4:51]
6. Via Veneto [3:18]
7. Alberto Lazzari [3:04]
8. Mambo at the Piccadilly Nightclub [6:25]
9. Alberto's villa [8:15]
10. An uncomfortable bed [5:35]
11. "The Madonna knows how you made your dough!" [3:25]
12. The man with the sack [6:54]
13. La Madonna del Divino Amore [8:39]
14. Picnic con vino [4:03]
15. The mesmerist [5:24]
16. Cabiria meets Oscar [5:48]
17. Cabiria meets Oscar, again [11:04]
18. Brother Giovanni [3:07]
19. "That's not how it's done!" [2:35]
20. Leaving home [6:55]
21. The restaurant [3:49]
22. A walk in the woods [2:03]
23. Sunset at the cliff [3:51]
24. "Buona sera" [3:32]

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Editorial Reviews

Nights of Cabiria opens with Cabiria (Giulietta Masina) and her boyfriend playfully embracing by the seaside -- and then he shoves her into the water and steals her purse. Cabiria is revived by some local boys and runs off by herself, shouting. What follows is a series of similarly humiliating episodes, in which the defiantly positive prostitute Cabiria is hurt, but never broken. She gets picked up by movie star Alberto Lazzati (Amedeo Nazzari, doing a self-parody) and taken to his palatial estate. However, his mistress shows up and Cabiria gets locked in the bathroom all night with the dog. She then joins her fellow prostitutes for a blessing from the Virgin Mary, and ends up getting drunk and wandering into a local show, where the hypnotist invites her to join him on-stage. The audience heckles her, and she toughly reminds them of her independence and that she owns her own house. There she meets Oscar (François Perier), an accountant who romantically pursues her. Despite the warnings of her fellow prostitute friend, Wanda (Franca Marzi), she prepares to sell all her belongings and accept Oscar's proposal of marriage. After being ruthlessly taken advantage of once again, Cabiria walks off alone with a smirk of hope. Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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November 12, 2007: I was surfing the channels and came upon this movie not long after it started,so I missed the title and all other information. I was hypnotized! I didn't even like subtitled movies back then. The lighting of this black and white movie truly captured everything in life! The actress was SO REAL. I FELT AS THOUGH I WAS HER OR SHE WAS ME, thats how deep this movie draws you in. I have looked for this movie's title and info since I saw it 8 years ago. Now all I have to do is buy it. I doubt if enough people can truly appreciate this work of art as I did.I don't know much about art, BUT, I know what I like!

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June 16, 2004: Nights of Cabiria is probably the most underated film of Fellini. Giulietta performance in the stage scene where she is hypnotizes is one of the most artistic and emotional scene ever filmed. Sadly, we are all on that stage in the scene.

This review was written about the VHS edition.


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