Storyline

Cesira is a beautiful widow and a successful grocery store owner in Rome. WWII is raging, and she fears for her beloved daughter, 13-year-old Rosetta, amid the daily bombings. They travel to the village where Cesira was born, where Cesira believes they will be safer. There, they are happy even as food dwindles. A young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira, who is too consumed with the well-being of her daughter and their survival to return his timid advances. As the allies advance, Cesira decides to return to Rome - and encounter the horrors of war at last.—jcravens42@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords

rape victim, based on novel, mother daughter relationship, occupation, rape, rome italy, world war two, gang rape, italy, 1940s, fascism, year 1943, reference to benito mussolini, idealist, countryside, militia, isolated place, british soldier, hunger, idealism

Short Review

Rendering an astounding performance as a young widow in Vittiro De Sica's bleak neo-realistic WWII drama, Italian Sophia Loren became the first actress to (deservedly) win the Oscar for a role in a foreign-language film.

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