Two women based on the novel, La ciociara, by Albert Moravia. Videodisc release of the 1961 (Two women) and 1946 (Paisan) motion pictures. Special features: scene selection ; documentary: The big picture (ca. 30 min., discusses role of the U.S. 3rd Army in WWII) ; Popeye cartoon: Out to punch (ca. 6 min.) ; Sophia Loren biography/filmography ; Roberto Rossellini biography/filmography. Two women: Sophia Loren, Jean Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Raf Vallone. Paisan: Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Dots M. Johnson, Alfonsino, Maria Michi, Gar Moore, Harriet White, Renzo Avanzo, Bill Tubbs, Dale Edmonds.
Summary:
Two women: "Seeking shelter in an abandoned church, Cesira (Loren) and her thirteen-year-old daughter, Rosetta (Brown) are brutally attacked and raped by Allied Moroccan soldiers during WWII."--Container. Paisan: "Paisan is a powerful collection of six vignettes depicting life in war-torn Italy and the tenuous relationships between the liberated Italians and their American liberators."--Container.
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