The same Romain Gary novel that became the Oscar-winning 1977 French drama, Madame Rosa, earning a César Award for Simone Signoret in the title role, gets relocated from Paris to a Southern Italian coastal town in The Life Ahead.
This sensitive contemporary remake, set in one of the hubs of the Euro-Mediterranean migrant crisis, reshapes the work as a vehicle for director Edoardo Ponti's celebrated mother, Sophia Loren, back on the screen after a 10-year absence.
Audiences will warm to the handsomely crafted Italian-language Netflix feature, a sentimental yet satisfying labor of love. From her priceless appearances in the classic comedies of Vittorio De Sica to her impassioned turn in the same director's 1961 World War II drama, Two Women,.
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