Two Women

• 7.8 Drama
• 1960-12-22
• 100 minutes mins

Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.

Starring:

Sophia Loren (Cesira) Jean-Paul Belmondo (Michele Di Libero) Raf Vallone (Giovanni) Eleonora Brown (Rosetta) Carlo Ninchi (Filippo, il padre di Michele) Andrea Checchi (un fasciste) Pupella Maggio (un fermier) Emma Baron (Maria) Antonella Della Porta (La madre impazzita) Bruna Cealti (une évacuée)

Director:

Vittorio De Sica

Writer:

Cesare Zavattini