Federico Fellini's 'La Strada' is a poignant Italian classic starring Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina, a naive young woman sold to a brutish traveling strongman, played by Anthony Quinn, whom she accompanies across a poor, wintry Italy. Blending neorealist texture with fable-like tenderness, it charts cruelty, devotion and belated regret. Masina's clownish, heartbreaking performance is legendary, and Nino Rota's theme unforgettable. Winner of the inaugural Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, it is among Fellini's most beloved works.