ASA 🎥📽🎬 Two Women (1960) Director: Vittorio De Sica. Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone.

Two Women (1960) La ciociara (original title) Language: Italian German. Synopsis / Plot 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. Awards 1961: Oscar: Best Actress (Sophia Loren) 1961: Golden Globe: Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film 1961: BAFTA Awards: Best Foreign Actress (Sophia Loren) 1961: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actress (Sophia Loren) 1961: Cannes Film Festival: Best Actress (Sophia Loren) 1961: National Board of Review: Top Best Foreign Films 1960: David di Donatello Awards: Best Actress (Sophia Loren)