Two Women (La ciociara) (1960)

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Directed by

Vittorio De Sica

Starring (View all)

Sophia Loren
Cesira

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Michele Di Libero

Eleonora Brown
Rosetta

Andrea Checchi
Un fascista

Pupella Maggio
Una contadina

Emma Baron
Maria

Bruna Cealti
Una sfollata

Antonella Della Porta
La madre impazzita

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Alberto Moravia
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Cesare Zavattini

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Description: Sophia Loren won a much-deserved Academy Award for her performance in this 1960 classic by neo-realist filmmaker Vittorio de Sica. A last-minute substitute for Anna Magnani, Loren reached deep within her own memories of wartime experiences for her portrait of a widow struggling to survive in battle-scarred Italy along with a teenage daughter (Eleonora Brown). The film begins with both women sharing romantic feelings toward a young man (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a story line disrupted by the ravages of World War II and the horrifying rape of both mother and daughter in a church by Allied Moroccan soldiers. The aftermath of this atroci ... (more)

Release date: 9 May 1961
UPC: 056775005696

Tags: Drama (7), Rape (6), War (5), 1960 (4), Italian (4), Italy (4), World War II (4), 1960s (3), 1960's (2), Oscar Winner (2), Black & White (2), Bombings (2), Jean-Paul Belmondo (1), Eleonora Brown (1), Renato Salvatori (1), 100 Min. (1), Not Foreign Language (1), War Torn Italy (1), Alliance (1)

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