A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
Director:
Federico Fellini
Writers:
Federico Fellini (story), Ennio Flaiano (story), and 3 more credits »
Stars:
Giulietta Masina, François Périer and Franca Marzi
Storyline
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.