La Strada (1956)

A simple-minded woman is sent-off to work with a traveling showman by her family. Despite the rough circumstances and his constant emotional and sometimes physical abuse, they forge a life together. She begins to take pleasure in the shows they put on and pride in his acceptance of her. It's a shitty deal, to be sure, but she finds joy among the hardships.

I, however, found no joy here. There was a relentlessness to his lack of growth. Waiting until the very last scene for him to display a moment of humanity was too late.

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