Second World War drama set in Italy, starring Sophia Loren Jean-Paul Belmondo
Living in an area under threat from Allied bombing, a widow and her young teenage daughter seek refuge from the war in a remote mountain village. Yet even there they are not free from danger, and fall prey to the brutality of foreign soldiers. Sophia Loren won an Oscar for her moving and forceful performance as a courageous mother caught up in the violence of war.
Director Vittono de Sica
● FILMS: pages 41-50