After a 10-year hiatus from movies, Italian actress Sophia Loren (86 years) returns with her new movie "The Life Ahead" on Netflix, based on the novel "The Life Before Us" by French writer Roman Gary .

Savior thief

An hour and 34 minutes is the duration of the dramatic film that carries a lot of human feelings, and tells the story of Mrs. Rosa, who lives in Bari, Italy, and runs a childcare facility.

One day, Rosa is exposed to a robbery incident that changes her life and the life of her thief, "Momo", an orphan boy from Senegal. to her.

But over time, Rosa decides to share her story with Momo, telling him what she experienced when she was his age, and how she was exposed to a homeless life like him.

Meanwhile, her healthy life deteriorates, and she is exposed to repeated seizures, and here Momo becomes her patron and savior, and an unexpected friendship forms between them.

Sophia Loren returns for her first feature in a decade in THE LIFE AHEAD, directed by her son Edoardo Ponti.

"I loved portraying Madame Rosa. She is tough, she is fragile, she is a survivor. In many ways she reminds me of my own mother."

THE LIFE AHEAD is on Netflix 13 Nov.

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Sophia plays the role of Madame Rosa, and she is co-starring with Ibrahim Gay, who appears on the screen for the first time as the boy Momo, and with them the Iranian actor Babak Karimi in the role of the doctor who was the link between Rosa and Momo in the beginning.

The film combines Sophia's passion for art and acting, and between her life and affection for her family and her role as a mother and nanny, which is the reason that prompted her to return to acting in this film, which she found between her and his story "a personal relationship," according to her description.

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Sofia won the Academy Award in 1962 for her role in the film "Two Women" by Vittorio De Sica, making her the first actress to win an Academy Award in a foreign language film.

In 1965, she was nominated again for Marriage Italian Style.

According to Variety, Sofia is nominated to compete for the Academy Award for 2021 for her role in the movie "The Next of Our Life", to be her first nomination after 56 years since her last nomination, and by that she will be the largest nominee for the Best Actress award in Oscar history.

My kids priority

In a telephone interview with The New York Times, Lauren talked about her new job and the reason she stopped acting for a decade, saying, “I asked myself what do you want from life, Sophia?” I said: I want a nice family .. and I already had two children. But I never see them, and here I decided to reduce my business. "

And she continued, "But I did not reduce my work, I stopped working, and a long time passed, but I was very happy because I saw my children grow up, get married and have their children."

"The Next of Our Lives", written and directed by Eduardo Ponti, 47, the youngest son of Sophie, is their third collaboration.

While Sophia tends in her life to perfection - which is something that makes her work more difficult - she spoke of her cooperation with her son, saying, "Eduardo never gives up until I give my best, he does not accept less than that, and it is a wonderful feeling for the actor, to be confident in what he is doing."

During her dialogue, Sophia expressed her proudest work, most of which was the movie "Two Women", in which she played the role of a single mother fighting during World War II, as well as "A Special Day".

With her acting experience, which has nearly reached 60 years, Sophia cannot watch her films, and she answered the reason for this, saying, "I judge myself very harshly, so I feel that it is better not to watch my films immediately, and sometimes I watch them out of curiosity, especially after years have passed." So long, it is like watching myself discovering a completely different person. "

Despite her age, Sophia answered whether she intended to continue acting or not, saying, "If I love acting, why should I stop?"