
Practicing the world's oldest profession in the archaeological walk of Rome's Parco di Porta Capena, the trusting, stubbornly-optimistic streetwalker Cabiria refuses to lose faith in love. After escaping death by the skin of her teeth, the hurt and momentarily-disenchanted Cabiria continues to confront life with a mixture of naivete and arrogance. One evening she ventures into the elegant Via Veneto and gets picked up by suave film star Alberto Lazzari. Disappointment awaits ... (Full plot summary below)
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Practicing the world's oldest profession in the archaeological walk of Rome's Parco di Porta Capena, the trusting, stubbornly-optimistic streetwalker Cabiria refuses to lose faith in love. After escaping death by the skin of her teeth, the hurt and momentarily-disenchanted Cabiria continues to confront life with a mixture of naivete and arrogance. One evening she ventures into the elegant Via Veneto and gets picked up by suave film star Alberto Lazzari. Disappointment awaits once more, and as poor Cabiria prays to Virgin Mary for guidance and a blessing, the man of her prayers, Oscar D'Onofrio, barges into her life after a chance encounter at a vaudeville theatre. But do miracles happen?
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| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThrough [Masina's] unforgettable performance, Cabiria will endure as long as anyone cares to watch transcendence projected on a screen. |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeA must-see item -- a sad, compassionate tale of street life that resonates with a magic missing from even our best summer films, whose only goal is to jar us. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannIt's fascinating. Part of the fascination is in seeing how much of it is intrinsic, untarnished gold; and, as with most earlier works of masters, part of it now is in seeing the hints of the Fellini to come. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaIngênua, romântica e sempre esperançosa, Cabíria é a personagem definitiva de Giulietta Masina e também uma das mais marcantes da filmografia de Fellini, que constrói um filme comovente e incrivelmente revelador sobre a força da natureza humana. |
| Houston ChronicleJeff MillarWhat makes the character so poignant is that her final fortification is not her street wisdom -- that's all surface -- but her innocence. Her ultimate protection is our sympathy for her. |
| Nitrate OnlineSean AxmakerRemains Fellini and Massina's greatest collaboration, and one of the great films of world cinema. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonNights of Cabiria may be Fellini's best film for its effortless poetry, its love, and its grace. |
| New York Magazine/VultureDavid DenbyThe most perfectly beautiful and touching of Fellini's movies. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeCabiria is almost impossible not to like, and Masina makes her into a unique character. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzStraightforward depiction of a lonely woman's desperate plight and inability to deal with evil and conniving men. |