When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Keywords:
Prison
Dying and death
Rage and hate
Unsociability
Circus
Authority
In love with enemy
Wave
Sadness
Road trip
Single
Revenge
Movie tag line: "Filmed in Italy - where it happened!"
Character: Zampanò
Character: Gelsomina
Character: Il 'Matto'
Character: Il Signor Giraffa
Character: La Vedova