| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Won | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role Sophia Loren |
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Sophia Loren and her young daughter leave Rome when it is bombed towards the end of WWII. They end up at a remote country village where they eat and drink wine. Jean-Paul Belmondo is a young intellectual who rants against war and falls in love with Sophia, who is mostly uninterested. It looks like the war is over so Sophia and daughter head back to Rome by foot. They are attacked and raped by a roving band of Allied soldiers, Arabs, in a bombed out church. The brutality of war is symbolized by the lost innocence of the girl. Shock value has worn off with time, leaving a rather obvious allegory and not enough character development.
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