Two Women (1960)
overview : Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.
Release Date : Dec 22, 1960
Runtime : 1h 40m
Companies : Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.), C. C. Champion, Les Films Marceau-Cocinor
Countries : France, Italy
Keywords : rape, rome, italy, parent child relationship, italy, widow, refugee, peasant, world war ii, wartime, single mother, shopkeeper, remote village, young scholar, bombed church, moroccans, return to birthplace