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Format: DVD
Jun 1998
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
93 min.
B&W
Extra Info: Italian with English Subtitles
UPC: 056775005696 |
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Movie Description
In Vittorio De Sica's TWO WOMEN, Cesira (Sophia Loren) and her young daughter (Eleonora Brown) leave Rome for the comfort of the Italian hills, hoping to remain safe during WWII. When the Allied troops start moving north, Cesira and her daughter feel secure enough to head back to Rome, but tragedy ensues when they encounter a group of Moroccan soldiers. Sultry Sophia Loren dominates this dark drama in a role that won her an Oscar for Best Actress.
Synopsis
Sophia Loren stars as Cesira, a devoted mother and a successful small business owner, in this Vittorio De Sica's TWO WOMEN, a dramatic adaptation of Alberto Moravia's touching novel, CESIRA. When the Allies begin bombing Mussolini's Rome, Cesira and her 12-year-old daughter, Rosetta (Eleonara Brown), travel by train and foot to the countryside where Cesira was born. The two women find food and shelter with other fugitives, and stand witness to some of the horrors of war. After the Allies land and head North from Rome, Cesira and Rosetta begin the long walk home. Resting inside of a Church, mother and daughter are discovered and gang raped by a cruel band of soldiers. Rosetta is traumatized, and temporarily becomes mute. Recovering from her initial shock, Rosetta displays a hardened licentious persona. But when Cesira informs Rosetta that a boy she adored has been killed, Rosetta's true feelings come to the surface in an outpouring of grief. Both Loren and Brown turn in wonderful performances as they struggle to survive and maintain their love for each other.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Trivia Game
Text/Photo Galleries:
Lobby Poster Gallery
Biographies
TWO WOMEN was an official Italian entry in the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
Sophia Loren won the "Silver Ribbon" (the Italian version of the Oscar) for her first reputed "un-glamorous" role.
Originally Sophia Loren was offered the part of the daughter.
Industry Reviews
Vittorio De Sica dominated Italian cinema by portraying grandeur in the mundane, and his ability to distill into a single indelible image the intensity of an entire cinematic theme. Two Women (1961) remains resonant for its depiction of war’s horror through such an image: ironically, that of a woman baring private flesh. There are actually two such images in the film, the second, unexpected one transcending the impact of the first to an exponential degree, and masterfully pivoting the film into its third act.
TWO WOMEN presents the vast sweep of war’s effects through a shopkeeper’s pragmatic eyes. Were those eyes anyone but Sophia Loren’s, the film might fall flat, but here Loren’s unsurpassed allure and subtle, mature acting elevate rather than transcend conventional plot material. The story is set in the last days of Mussolini’s Rome; as Allied bombs rain down, Loren, a hardened Roman widow and businesswoman, grabs her pubescent daughter and dodges leering men on the way to the clear, sunny hillside village she escaped in her youth by marrying a prosperous, older Roman. The war has left this rustic aerie untouched; the villagers feast and joke around a communal table, and at night they watch in delight the fairy lights of flares descending far away -- illuminating bombing targets. For months, the new arrivals idle in isolation from cataclysmic events around them but for snatches of news brought by arriving urban refugees. Loren uses her wealth to build a protective nest and hoarde increasingly scarce foodstuffs, and fights to retain her ignorance of both the war and her daughter’s budding womanhood. But soon, they respond to the influence of Jean-Paul Belmondo, an intellectual idealist also incongruously sprung from this hillside, sent off to the big city, and returned home full of sophisticated ways. Mother and daughter negotiate the increasing complexities of their maturing relationship. Loren learns how to see the world around her; her daughter,
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Quotations
"Brutalized by war, they fought to survive. Now they must fight to live. -- marketing line for the film
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