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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Alberto Moravia (novel)
Cesare Zavattini (adaptation)
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Release Date:
9 May 1961 (USA) more
Tagline:
Suddenly...Love Becomes Lust...Innocence becomes shame...As two women are trapped by violent passion and unforgettable terror!
Plot:
Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second world war... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 8 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Loren Honored in Hometown
(From WENN. 24 June 2005)
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Another great performance by Sophia Loren more (29 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sophia Loren | ... | Cesira | |
| Jean-Paul Belmondo | ... | Michele Di Libero (as Jean Paul Belmondo) | |
| Eleonora Brown | ... | Rosetta | |
| Carlo Ninchi | ... | Filippo, il padre di Michele | |
| Andrea Checchi | ... | Un fascista | |
| Pupella Maggio | ... | Una contadina | |
| Emma Baron | ... | Maria | |
| Bruna Cealti | ... | Una sfollata | |
| Antonella Della Porta | ... | La madre impazzita | |
| Mario Frera | |||
| Franco Balducci | ... | Il tedesco nel pagliaio | |
| Luciana Cortellesi | |||
| Curt Lowens | |||
| Tony Calio | (as Tony Caliò) | ||
| Remo Galavotti |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Two Women (UK) (USA)
Paysanne aux pieds nus (France)
The Woman from Ciociara (International: English title) (literal title)
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Runtime:
100 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-16 (cut) (original rating) | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (re-rating on appeal) | Australia:M | UK:15 | Argentina:16
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The Movieland Wax Museum (Buena Park, California) chose a scene from this movie for its depiction of their Sophia Loren wax figurine, specifically, the post-rape scene, where she holds her daughter (i.e., "Now she's worse than dead!") more
Quotes:
English Soldier:
There are lots of good things in Italy.
Michele Di Libero:
You don't know Italy.
English Soldier:
Oh, we know Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo.
Michele Di Libero:
They are dead.
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If "La Ciociara" translates as "a woman from Ciociaria," why is the English title "Two Women"?Who were the "allied soldiers" doing the raping?
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Very bad print (even on DVD), but very good movie. A war film that focuses more on the people who suffer, instead of telling the story of those fighting the battle. It's also a movie about love, relationship, bonding between a woman and her daughter. Sophia Loren's performance is stellar. Belmondo is also very good. Young Eleonora Brown's performance gets better during the film. The last 30 minutes of the movie are poignant. It's heartbreaking to listen to Cesira apologize to Rosetta. Watch it.
Seen at home, in Toronto, on February 19th, 2006.
81/100 (***)