“The Life Ahead” –And Then the End
This 2020 Italian drama stars Sophia Loren in an adaptation of the Romain Gary novel, The Life Before Us. Directed by Sophia Loren’s son, Edoardo Ponti, The Life Ahead is the third film based on Gary’s novel.
The Life Ahead has two main characters: Madame Rosa, an octogenarian ex-prostitute and former Holocaust survivor, and a 12-year old Somalian child. To support herself Madame Rosa cares for the children of local sex workers in her apartment. Consequently, Rosa is the glue in her neighborhood and the lifeline for women desperate...