THE LIFE AHEAD (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Sophia Loren (Two Women), Ibrahima Gueye (film debut), Abril Zamora (Caídos), Renato Carpentieri (The Sweet and the Bitter), Babak Karimi (A Separation), Massimiliano Rossi (Giallo?)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Edoardo Ponti (Between Strangers), director, writer; Ugo Chiti (Gomorrah), writer; Carlo Degli Esposti (Cardiofitness) and Nicola Serra (Piranhas), producers; Gabriel Yared (The Talented Mr. Ripley), composer; Angus Hudson (Cashback), cinematographer; Jacopo Quadri (The Dreamers), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Madame Rose (Loren), an aging Holocaust survivor, forges a bond with a 12-year-old Senegalese immigrant boy named Momo (Gueye)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Legendary Italian actress Sophia Loren returns to the spotlight with her first movie role in over a decade, with her son Edoardo Ponti directing her in a sweet drama about an unlikely friendship.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2020 (AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX)

 

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