La Ciociara (Two Women)

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Plot: 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 with...( read more read more... )in 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 atrocity finds both characters dealing with even more, varying shades of grief, as the war seems to sap all that they had treasured and leaves them with only the bare bones of their emotional and physical survival. De Sica's capacity to render tragedy both with the starkest of strokes and the most delicate of emotions has never been more impressive than in this film, and Loren's shatteringly honest portrayal is a watershed in movie history. --Tom Keogh

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  • SexiVixxEN
    SexiVixxEN
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    May 24, 2008
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    December 29, 2006
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  • ellelag75
    ellelag75
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    September 15, 2008
    De Sica's capacity to render tragedy both with the starkest of strokes and the most delicate of emotions has never been more impressive than in this film, and Loren's shatteringly honest portrayal is a watershed in movie history. <- hah, not my review... I'm just nodding to every word.
  • rubystevens
    rubystevens
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    June 11, 2008
    a stunning drama of wartime italy. one of de sica's lesser known works with sophia loren's finest performance
  • emilie0jolie
    emilie0jolie
    3.5 Stars
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    June 4, 2006
    Brutal but good. Not really a neorealist movie though (I'd say it's a "late" neorealist). The movie is a bit different than the novel (La Ciocciara).

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