Two Women

Two Women

100 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 22, 1960

Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.

Two Women

100 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 22, 1960

Two Women
Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Cocinor, Les Films Marceau, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.), Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
Original title La ciociara
Directors Vittorio De Sica
Writers Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Moravia

Cast

Sophia Loren

as Cesira

Jean-Paul Belmondo

as Michele Di Libero

Raf Vallone

as Giovanni

Eleonora Brown

as Rosetta

Carlo Ninchi

as Filippo, il padre di Michele

Andrea Checchi

as un fasciste

Pupella Maggio

as un fermier

Emma Baron

as Maria

Antonella Della Porta

as La madre impazzita

Bruna Cealti

as une évacuée

Luciano Pigozzi

as Scimmione

Vincenzo Musolino

as Alessandro

Renato Salvatori

as Florindo

Franco Balducci

as il tedesco nel pagliaio

Mario Frera

as Peppuccio

Curt Lowens

as ufficiale tedesco batteria contraerea