Two Women
1960 film by Vittorio De Sica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Two Women (Italian: La ciociara [la tʃoˈtʃaːra], rough literal translation "The Woman from Ciociaria") is a 1960 war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica from a screenplay he co-wrote with Cesare Zavattini, based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown and Raf Vallone. It tells the story of a woman trying to protect her young daughter from the horrors of war. The story is fictional, but based on actual events of 1944 in Rome and rural Lazio, during the Marocchinate.[4]
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Italian | La ciociara |
Directed by | Vittorio De Sica |
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Based on | Two Women by Alberto Moravia |
Produced by | Carlo Ponti |
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Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
Edited by | Adriana Novelli |
Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
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Budget | $850,000 |
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Loren's performance received critical acclaim, earning her an Academy Award for Best Actress, among other accolades.