She is inherently stupid, so she doesn't learn to despair.

Madyson 2022-10-21 01:11:04

At first, I was determined to watch this 1957 Italian black and white film because Dean mentioned this story in one of his novels, which mentioned Cabiria.
Dean said she was born stupid, so she didn't learn to despair. This sentence has always been remembered very clearly.
After watching the movie, I feel that it is actually not worthy of the rating, but after all, it is a movie from several decades ago, and the sense of time that has accumulated for so long probably makes it a lot of points.
Kabylia, a little prostitute, has bright big eyes, which is the biggest feature of the actor herself. She is petite, her life is difficult, but she is positive and optimistic. At the same time, she is vain, restless, arrogant, idealistic, insecure, too Desperately longing for love. She's always being deceived because she's an 18-year-old girl at heart, just like that circus performance. Simply stupid.

The details of this movie are very well done.
1. The identity contrast between big stars and little prostitutes is like two extremes.
2. The man's sunglasses in the last deceit are a cover up for lying about himself.
3. The overlap between the beginning and end of the story is all about trying to cheat Kabylia out of money and trying to push her into the river. She doesn't know how to learn lessons.
4 Kabylia's real name is actually the same as Mary and the Virgin. Her religious attitude changes twice in the film. The first time was when she tried to make a wish to Mary to change her life, but after unsuccessful she said she no longer believed in the Lord. The second time was when she knew she was going to get married and she ran to confession excitedly. She has always held the greatest hope for life in despair, hoping that she can be redeemed.
5. Finally, when they got married, Kabylia took the photo of the big star.
6. At the end of the movie, Kabylia laughed even though there were blood and tears in the corners of her eyes. She always lived in this difficult world and never lost her confidence.

This woman feels naive and stupid, this woman is extinct on this day in 2013.

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Nights of Cabiria quotes

  • Heavy prostitute with leopard spots: [in Italian, preening and admiring the shadow of her own full figure on the wall] Look how classy I am!

    Long-haired prostitute: [in Italian, disparagingly] You look like Moby Dick!

  • Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli: [in Italian]

    [to Alberto holding up boiled lobster]

    Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli: And what's this? I saw it in a movie once.