Summary
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.
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Cast
Sophia Loren
Cesira
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Michele Di Libero
Raf Vallone
Giovanni
Eleonora Brown
Rosetta
Carlo Ninchi
Filippo, il padre di Michele
Andrea Checchi
un fasciste
Pupella Maggio
un fermier
Emma Baron
Maria
Antonella Della Porta
La madre impazzita
Bruna Cealti
une évacuée
Luciano Pigozzi
Scimmione
Franco Balducci
il tedesco nel pagliaio
Mario Frera
Peppuccio
Curt Lowens
ufficiale tedesco batteria contraerea
Vincenzo Musolino
Il piccolo Alessandro (uncredited)
Renato Salvatori
Florindo (uncredited)