Ruadhán Jones
Anthony Quinn and Giulietta Masina star in La Strada (1954), a
film that struggles to find mercy in a harsh world. The Vatican film list from 1995 contains two films that Pope Francis declares to be his favourites. The first I’ve reviewed, Babette’s Feast; the second is an Italian film famed Italian director, Federico Fellini, his 1954 Oscar winner La Strada. ‘Fellini-esque’ is an important descriptor in film criticism these days. It denotes something whimsical, comic…
