Classic movie starring Sofia Loren and Jean Paul Belmondo. Produced by Carlo Ponti. Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter; Rosetta; flee from the Allied bombs in Rome during the Second World War. They travel to the village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village; the mother does everything to protect Rosetta. However; on one occasion they both get raped by soldiers hiding in a church. This cruel event is too much for the always powerful fighting Cesira and she suffers from a breakdown. During their stay in the village; a young intellectual; Michele falls in love with Cesira who does not know how to reply to the advances of such a gentleman.

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