The Hindu : Entertainment Hyderabad / Cinema : Best of world cinema

The Hindu : Entertainment Hyderabad / Cinema : Best of world cinema: "THE NEWLY launched Film Society of Bhubaneswar made its bow by organising a three-day festival of world cinema. The six films screened at the IDCOL auditorium were 'The Road Home' (China), 'La Strada' (Italy), 'Aguirre, The Wrath Of God' (Germany), 'Vanaprastham' (Malayalam), 'Blue' (Poland) and 'In The Mood For Love' (Hong Kong). 'Wo De Fu Qin Mu Qin' or 'The Road Home', directed by Yimou Zhang, is a sweet film about a city man who returns to his native village on the death of his father. There he learns about his father's early life and the romance of his parents.

Considered by many to be Federico Fellini's most beautiful and powerful film, 'La Strada' was the second film at the festival. Guilietta Masina's poignant performance as the childlike Gelsomina was the highlight of the film. The bubbly Gelsomina is a simpleton sold to the gruff, bullying circus strongman Zampan� (Anthony Quinn) as a servant and assistant. Treated no better than an animal, Gelsomina, nonetheless, falls in love with the brute Zampan�"