Sophia Loren, who is known as the screen legend, is all set to make her first screen appearance in over a decade for her son, director Edoardo Ponti.
She will be staring in the film, titled “La vita davanti a sé -The Life Ahead, is an adaptation of Romain Gary’s novel “La vie devant soi”. Oscar-winning actress already is back in front of the camera for her first feature film, directed by her son Edoardo Ponti, in which she is playing the character of Madame Rosa, a Holocaust survivor who forges a bond with a 12-year-old Senegalese immigrant boy named Momo.
“He knows me so well. He knows every inch of my face, my heart, my soul. He will only move on to the next shot when I hit my deepest truth,” she said, according to Variety.
Loren last appeared on the big screen in the musical Nine opposite Nicole Kidman and Penelope Cruz back in 2009.