Two Women (La ciociara) (1960)

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Directed by

Vittorio De Sica

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Renato Salvatori
Florindo, il camionista

Vincenzo Musolino
Il piccolo Alessandro

Raf Vallone
Giovanni

Sophia Loren
Cesira

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Michele Di Libero

Eleonora Brown
Rosetta

Mario Frera
Peppuccio

Franco Balducci
Il tedesco nel pagliaio

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Vittorio De Sica
screenplay

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: 23 December 1960
UPC: 056775005696

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