Our Divine Sophia Loren it never ceases to amaze us and to give us essays of an infinite talent that time does not seem to scratch in the least. In fact, the 75 platinum ribbon of the National Union of Film Journalists will be awarded to the great actress, Roman by birth but Neapolitan by adoption..
An award created specifically for the XNUMX-year-old diva who returned to the camera this year for her son's film Edward Ponti, Life ahead of him on the Netflix platform.
The film is nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes taking place Sunday night between Los Angeles and New York and also for Best Song I yes (Seen) by Diane Warren, sung by Laura Pausini.
"It was she, Sophia, who indirectly suggested this special recognition to us, explains Laura Delli Colli, President of the Union, in a film of twenty-five years ago, receiving with Michelangelo Antonioni and Alberto Sordi the Golden Ribbon of the first 50 years of the Syndicate, Sophia comments: "After a tribute like this, for me, perhaps, you might one day just invent the Platinum Ribbon ..." We did it and now we're celebrating his great, exciting return to the set. "
The motivation
“In his touching interpretation of it Life ahead of him directed by his son Edoardo Ponti with extraordinary sensitivity, reads the motivation, Sophia Loren once again touched the hearts of millions of viewers with her talent and a universal message of love.
Life ahead of him is a film that speaks of tolerance and generosity, an invitation to give absolute love and, at the same time, a lesson in civilization. In the story of a single love, the right not only to be able to love but to be loved in any case ".
The special dedication: "To those who are my age"
From the actress, who welcomed the news in her home in Geneva, a message full of emotion:
“Thank you very much for this honor. It touches me deeply because it celebrates a film and a character that have entered my soul.
When Edoardo offered me the role I must admit that part of me was anxious to walk on the set after ten years of absence, the years pass for everyone, but when I found myself in front of the camera, all the fears anxieties have been replaced by passion and commitment to tell this beautiful story full of humanity, love and tolerance.
I also want to dedicate this award to everyone who shares my age. Dreams and the passion for life have no age and so why not live every day as if it were the beginning of a beautiful new chapter? I wish everyone the unexpected joys of life in front of you ".
The film by Edoardo Ponti, son of the actress and producer Carlo Ponti, is based on the novel by Romain Gary. The absolute protagonist is Madame Rosa, played by Sophia Loren, an elderly former Jewish prostitute who still carries the signs of the Auschwitz concentration camp in her arms.
In a modern-day Bari, she looks after the children of neighborhood prostitutes. Among them is Momo, a Senegalese boy who robbed her: together they will overcome their loneliness, forming an unusual family.
Next to Sophia Loren are part of the cast the little Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Babak Karimi and Massimiliano Rossi.
The extraordinary career of a world icon of cinema
How do you summarize in a few sentences a career like that of Sophia Loren, an artist who has entered the history of cinema?
It was directed by the greatest Italian directors such as Vittorio De Sica, Mario Monicelli e Ettore Scola and foreigners like Robert Altman e Charlie Chaplin, and worked alongside actors such as Marcello Mastroianni, Marlon Brando, Cary Grant.
These few notes are enough to have a precise picture of Sophia Loren's artistic dimension.
It would be even more difficult to name the most beautiful films in which she starred, because there are many, too many and we would risk forgetting some masterpieces and it would be unforgivable.
At most, if someone asked me the question: What are the three films starring Sophia Loren that are unforgettable to you? In that case, my answer would be as follows:
An Italian symbol in the world
For Sophia Loren the cinematic perimeter is too limiting and limiting.
We are talking about a character who, thanks to cinema, has become a world star, and who, at the same time, is universally recognized as an Italian symbol, for his style, his elegance, his eternal beauty.
We find his photos hanging on the walls of the most disparate places, his image is even printed on the pizza boxes for take-away, next to the tricolor boot and the Vespa. An Icon, a Symbol, in Myth that does not know the wear and tear of time.
Thanks to Edoardo Ponti for bringing his mother Sophia back to the scene, for assigning her a role worthy of her crystalline talent and for making us enjoy a little more of CINEMA written in capital letters, even if still sitting on the sofa at home.
Sophia Loren in her career has won two Oscars:
1960: The ciociara, film directed by Vittorio De Sica
1991: To career
