Two Women
1960 · Movie · NR · 100 min · ★ 7.8 · 83% critics
During World War II, a widowed mother flees bombed-out Rome with her young daughter, hoping the countryside will offer safety. Their journey and brief refuge in a rural village are shaped by hunger, occupation, and constant uncertainty, as the war’s violence and fear follow them wherever they go.
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Details
- Original title
- La ciociara
- Years
- 1960
- Release date
- 1960-12-22
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (576 votes)
About
If you want an intense, human-scale WWII drama focused on survival and a parent-child bond, this delivers; Not for you if you avoid bleak, upsetting war stories or prefer lighter classics like Shoeshine.
Pros: powerful lead performance; gripping wartime tension; poignant mother-daughter bond | Cons: heavy, disturbing subject; uneven, meandering episodes; emotionally exhausting watch
Themes
- rape
- rome, italy
- parent child relationship
- italy
- widow
- refugee
- peasant
- world war ii
- wartime
- single mother
- shopkeeper
- remote village
- +4 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1962
- Silver nugget — the best foreign film · 1961
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1962 · nominated
Cast & crew
Sophia Loren
as Cesira
Eleonora Brown
as Rosetta
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Michele Di Libero
Raf Vallone
as Giovanni
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
Directed by Vittorio De Sica