Then it's dawn

Darwin 2022-01-03 08:01:20

She was very poor and had four sisters in the family, so her mother sold her to him. He is a wandering entertainer who drives around on a motorcycle to make a living. Before leaving her hometown, she also glanced at the sea in her hometown. She knows nothing. He trained her with cane, taught her cooking, drumming and performing, and then made love to her. Once, he finished drinking and left with a prostitute. She was very sad, but she couldn't find him. She was sitting on the side of the street, a horse walked by, and then it dawned. Later, someone told her that he was still alive, and she found some tomatoes and cooked soup for him to drink. He didn't drink and told her to hurry up on the road. They came to a married house, and she performed a comedy for the children, and the children led her to the depths of the house, wanting her to perform for a child who was bedridden for a long time. When she came back, she found out that he was engaged with the mistress of the house while eating. It was a rough widow, she was very angry, but he still disagreed, so she left. She followed the person who played the instrument to the town, where acrobatics were being performed. It was the evening, and a man was performing on the tightrope, very powerful, and everyone cheered below, as if he was a star. The man's name was "Fool", and she watched the fool drive away, their eyes met. She had nowhere to go, playing with the child in the street, and then he appeared again and told her to get in the car. She had no choice but to follow suit. They came to a circus, and he talked about cooperation with the leader. The fool is here too. A fool always makes fun of him and distracts him when he performs. His performance is quite dangerous, so the fool is indeed too much. He chased the fool and tried to beat the fool, but he didn't succeed. A few days later, the fool asked her to help play the trumpet. She did so, and then he showed up and asked her not to cooperate with the fool. The head of the group came out to reconcile him. He became more excited and began to swear. While he was not paying attention, the fool splashed him with a bucket of water. He was furious and ran after the fool, as if to kill the fool. He chased into the restaurant with a knife, the door was locked, and everyone's obstruction was invalid. When he hit the door, the police came. He was locked into the police station, and the head of the circus was going to leave with the circus, and no longer hired him and the fool. The fool told her to go with him. She didn't want to. The fool told her that she was obviously useless, but he kept taking her with her, indicating that he liked her. There was light in her eyes, as if she understood something. She went to pick him up at the police station, and they continued on the road. At the beach, she tried to confess to him, but he ignored it. They came to a church and were very happy at first, but at night, she tested his mind again, and he still just slept. The lightning came, she woke up, found him not there, went to him, and found that he was about to steal the diamonds from the church, she refused to help, he beat her. When she left the next day, she waved goodbye to the nun aggrievedly. The motorcycle continued to drive, and they met a fool on the side of the country road. Fool is Repairing the car, asking him for help, he didn't help, instead he beat the fool, and then accidentally beat the fool to death. Confirming that the fool is really dead, he threw the fool's body and car under the bridge, and then left. From then on, she became absent-minded and chanted during the performance, "The fool is hurt." He feels a little pain, so he cooks something for her to eat. She refused to sleep with him, but he actually accepted it. He asked if he wanted to take you home, but she didn't answer. Ten days later, they came to a snow-covered place, and she finally got out of the car and cooked for him. She said, it's nice to have sunshine here, and then she suddenly remembered something, talking about fools. He wanted to get rid of her, so he covered her with a quilt while she was asleep, left her trumpet for her, and then drove away by himself. I don't know how long there will be other women beside him. Before the performance, he went out on his own. He was eating ice cream, and he heard someone singing in the distance. The song was misty, but it was obviously the trumpet song she played. Across the barbed wire, he asked the woman where he learned. The woman said that she learned from a little man, that little man never speaks, plays this tune all day long, and soaks in the sun whenever he has time. He asked her where she was now, and the woman said while drying her clothes that she had been dead for four or five years. So when he performed that day, he was absent-minded, dragging his old body, repeating his familiar lines. At night he was drunk and wanted to drink more, and he fought with the people in the tavern. He came to the beach, sat on the beach, looked at the sky, realized that he had really lost her, and then wept bitterly. Where, the woman said while drying her clothes, she had been dead for four or five years. So when he performed that day, he was absent-minded, dragging his old body, repeating his familiar lines. At night he was drunk and wanted to drink more, and he fought with the people in the tavern. He came to the beach, sat on the beach, looked at the sky, realized that he had really lost her, and then wept bitterly. Where, the woman said while drying her clothes, she had been dead for four or five years. So when he performed that day, he was absent-minded, dragging his old body, repeating his familiar lines. At night he was drunk and wanted to drink more, and he fought with the people in the tavern. He came to the beach, sat on the beach, looked at the sky, realized that he had really lost her, and started to cry.

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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.