Cabiria is a wide-eyed waif, a streetwalker living in a poor section of Rome
where she owns her little house, has a bank account, and dreams of a miracle. We follow
her nights (and days): a boyfriend steals 40,000 lire from her and nearly drowns her, a
movie star on the Via Veneto takes her home with him, at a local shrine she seeks the
Madonna's intercession, then she meets an accountant who's seen her, hypnotized on a
vaudeville stage, acting out her heart's longings. He courts her. Is it fate that led to
their meeting? Is this finally a man who appreciates her for who she is?
LE NOTTI DI CABIRIA (NIGHTS OF CABIRIA)(PG) 1 hour 57 mins
Cabiria is a wide-eyed waif, a streetwalker living in a poor section of Rome
where she owns her little house, has a bank account, and dreams of a miracle. We follow
her nights (and days): a boyfriend steals 40,000 lire from her and nearly drowns her, a
movie star on the Via Veneto takes her home with him, at a local shrine she seeks the
Madonna's intercession, then she meets an accountant who's seen her, hypnotized on a
vaudeville stage, acting out her heart's longings. He courts her. Is it fate that led to
their meeting? Is this finally a man who appreciates her for who she is?