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On Jan 14, Harvey Roy Greenberg MD writes:
>Need list of associated films where a woman redeems (more >or less) a
feckless man (men)) with the intense purity of her >love. maybe gets martyred
in the process. Soap opera staple, >but do any better examples of the breed
come to mind? I can >think of -- at this moment -- PASSIONE D'AMORE by
Ettore
>Scola; LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN; JANE EYRE (maybe); >THE PIANO (possibly
not): JOAN OF ARC (various versions), so >forth.
Wouldn't _La Strada_(1956) qualify? Just saw it again (on newly remastered
videotape), BTW, as part of a local film discussion group here which linked
_Breaking the Waves_ with _La Strada_ for this month's study topic.
Regards,
Bet MacArthur MSW "A piece of material
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