Based on the novel, La ciociara, by Alberto Moravia. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960. Sophia Loren, Jean Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Raf Vallone.
Summary:
Seeking escape from city bombing, an Italian mother and daughter travel war-torn Italy during World War II trying to survive near-starvation, rape by wandering soldiers and other horrors of war.
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