La Ciociara (1960) - film review

Drama / War

Summary

In the summer of 1943, Rome is under constant combardment. The young widow Cesira flees the capital with her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, and returns to her home village in the mountainous Ciociaria region of Italy. In her absence, she asks her neighbour Giovanni to take over her shop. On their arrival, Cesira makes the acquaintance of Michele, an intellectual libertine who is attracted to both the mother and her daughter. When the allied forces arrive, Cesira is forced to return to Rome, but after a long journey she and her daughter are raped by Moroccan soldiers.

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Credits

Director: Vittorio De Sica
Script: Alberto Moravia, Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica
Photo: Gábor Pogány
Music: Armando Trovajoli
Cast: Sophia Loren (Cesira), Jean-Paul Belmondo (Michele Di Libero), 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, Remo Galavotti, Elsa Mancini, Giuseppina Ruggeri, Luciano Pigozzi (Scimmione, il capo miliziano), Luigi Terribile, Antonio Gastaldi, Carolina Carbonaro, Raf Vallone (Giovanni), Ettore Mattia (Il passeggero sul treno), Vincenzo Musolino (Il piccolo Alessandro), Renato Salvatori (Florindo, il camionista)
Country: Italy / France
Language: Italian / German
Runtime: 100 min; B&W
Aka: Two Women; Paysanne aux pieds nus

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