Starring Sophia Loren
Born in Rome as Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone, the woman the world would come to know as Sophia Loren started acting at age 16, signed a five-picture deal with Paramount at 22, and after international superstardom and countless plaudits—including an Academy Award—she is still working today. Spotlighted here, her collaborations with famed director Vittorio De Sica rank among the best-loved films of this lustrous living legend.
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Sunflower
Directed by Vittorrio De Sica | 107 mins | 1970
The final of three collaborations between Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, and director De Sica, Sunflower casts the duo as lovers wed on the eve of his departure for the Russian front. After years pass without a word from her husband, she travels to Mo... -
Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow
Directed by Vittorrio di Sica | 119 mins | 1963
This buoyant boudoir comedy comes as a trio of tales starring Mastroianni and Loren, as an overwhelmed husband and the sex-mad wife who must stay pregnant to avoid prison; a pair of Milanese jet-setters; and a would-be client and the high-priced sex... -
Marriage Italian Style
Directed by Vittorrio di Sica | 102 mins | 1964
One of the most beloved of Loren’s multiple screen pairings with Marcello Mastroianni, De Sica’s unexpectedly moving farce uses a brilliant flashback structure to review the 22-year relationship between Mastroianni’s caddish bourgeois businessman an... -
Boccaccio '70
Directed by Vittorrio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, and Luchino Visconti | 205 mins | 1962
An anthology comedy exploring love and the liberated woman in contemporary Italy, Boccaccio ’70 reteams Loren with De Sica in the spicy story of a shy lottery winner who hopes to cash in with ...
