Recognize your own value little by little, and understand the people and things that are really important step by step

Tate 2022-04-23 07:02:32

In the movie, there are three people wandering on the road. Zampano looks like a jerk, but the fool has already stated his true state - he is like a dog that can't speak, and he actually needs Jesomina's company desperately in his heart. .

Fools know this because he and Zampano were originally the same kind of people. They all like to drive around in their own cars, thinking they don't need anyone else at all. The Zampano understood by the fool is actually his true appearance.

It's just that the fool used jokes to cover up the panic in his heart, and Zampano suppressed his inner desire by pretending to be hard. They were like two ends of a disguise, an angel on one side and a devil on the other. They appeared in front of Jesomina at the same time. She chooses an answer.

But Jessomina was confused, and it wasn't until the angelic fool illuminated her self-awareness that she officially started to save Zampano.

This is a chain-like transmission process. After the fool died, Jesomina felt real sadness. After Jesomina died, Zampano really understood the pain of loss.

Often times, we don't know what's most important. Zampano has always only valued useful things. He needs people and things that can do things, but the moment he learned to cry, he finally understood the importance of love and companionship.

Constantly searching, recognizing one's own value little by little, and figuring out the people and things that are really important step by step, maybe, this is the meaning of everyone's efforts on the road of life.

This process is often tortured, but no one can escape this. Whether you like it or not, you are already standing in the middle of the road. The next thing to do is to keep walking until you find your true self.

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La Strada quotes

  • Zampanò: [reciting his act by rote before a crowd] Here we have a piece of chain that is a quarter of an inch thick. It is made of crude iron, stronger than steel. With the simple expansion of my pectoral muscles, or chest, that is, I'll break the hook.

    [collecting money from the crowd]

    Zampanò: Thank you, thank you. Now, to do this feat, I must fill myself up like a tire. If a blood vessel should break, I would spit blood. For instance, in Milan a man weighing 240 pounds lost his eyesight doing this trick. That is because the optical nerves take a beating, and once you lose your eyes, you are finished. If there's any delicate person in the audience, I would advise him to look away 'cause there could be blood.

    [with seemingly great effort, he breaks the chain]

  • Gelsomina's Mother: She's not like Rosa. But she's a good girl, poor thing. She'll do what she's told. She just came out a little strange. But, if she eats every day, maybe she'll get better.