Storyline
Cesira is a beautiful widow and a successful grocery store owner in Rome. WWII is raging, and she fears for her beloved daughter, 13-year-old Rosetta, amid the daily bombings. They travel to the village where Cesira was born, where Cesira believes they will be safer. There, they are happy even as food dwindles.
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Sophia Loren claims that Director De Sica, so caught up in the story, regularly cried on the set when filming particularly emotional scenes.
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By what name was La ciociara (1960) officially released in Canada in French?