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Sunflower (Italian: I girasoli) is a 1970 drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. An international co-production of Italy, France, the Soviet Union and the United States, the film was shot in the Soviet Union; some scenes were filmed near Moscow, while others near Poltava, a regional center in Ukraine.
Sep 24, 1970 · Sunflower: Directed by Vittorio De Sica. With Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Saveleva, Galina Andreeva. An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia during WWII.
- (4.5K)
- Drama, War
- Vittorio De Sica
- 1970-09-24
May 20, 2023 · Climaxed by a brutal rape scene, the film won widespread acclaim, and Loren's gut-wrenching performance earned her an Academy Award, the first foreign-language performer to win the Best Actress prize. She was also so honored at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 4105 min
An Italian bride (Sophia Loren) finds her long-lost soldier husband (Marcello Mastroianni) living in Moscow with amnesia and a wife (Lyudmila Saveleva) and daughter.
- (39)
- Vittorio De Sica
- G
- Sophia Loren
An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia during WWII. At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead.
Brief Synopsis. A desperate woman searches for her missing husband who never returned from the Russian front during World War II.
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A grandly emotional melodrama featuring a stunning performance from Sophia Loren. Loren plays Giovanna, a steel-willed Italian woman on a desperate search to find her husband Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni), who has gone missing on the WWII battlefields of Russia.
