Search - Nights of Cabiria [Criterion Collection] on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1957 DVD Release: 09/07/1999 Format: DVD - Black and White,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, Italian Subtitles: English, Italian SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 58 mins Studio: Criterion Members Wishing: 25 Genres: Drama, Tragi-comedy, Melodrama

Nights of Cabiria opens with Cabiria (Giulietta Masina) and her boyfriend playfully embracing by the seaside -- and then he shoves her into the water and steals her purse. Cabiria is revived by some local boys and runs off by herself, shouting. What follows is a series of similarly humiliating episodes, in which the defiantly positive prostitute Cabiria is hurt, but never broken. She gets picked up by movie star Alberto Lazzati (Amedeo Nazzari, doing a self-parody) and taken to his palatial estate. However, his mistress shows up and Cabiria gets locked in the bathroom all night with the dog. She then joins her fellow prostitutes for a blessing from the Virgin Mary, and ends up getting drunk and wandering into a local show, where the hypnotist invites her to join him on-stage. The audience heckles her, and she toughly reminds them of her independence and that she owns her own house. There she meets Oscar (François Perier), an accountant who romantically pursues her. Despite the warnings of her fellow prostitute friend, Wanda (Franca Marzi), she prepares to sell all her belongings and accept Oscar's proposal of marriage. After being ruthlessly taken advantage of once again, Cabiria walks off alone with a smirk of hope. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Giulietta Masina - Cabiria
Amedeo Nazzari - Alberto Lazzati, movie star
Franca Marzi - Wanda Cabiria's Friend
François Perier - Oscar D'Onofrio, Accountant

The Oscar-winning Nights of Cabiria is a Cannes film that comes to DVD in its original black-and-white, monaural format. The DVD version includes a video interview with former Fellini assistant Dominique Delouche, an audio interview with the producer, original and re-released theatrical trailers, a brief and blurry excerpt (in Italian) from Fellini's The White Sheik, improved English subtitle translation, optional Italian- and English-dubbed tracks, and seven minutes of never-before-seen footage. Also included is a very slow-moving featurette, alternating text and movie scenes to describe how the film was restored from the original negative. The plastic case contains a glossy three-fold piece with an intro written by the director, as well as a chapter index. ~ Craig Chalquist, All Movie Guide