Netflix Acquires Global Rights of Sophia Loren’s Feature Film “Life Ahead”

Netflix has acquired global rights to Sophie Loren’s drama “ Life Ahead”. The drama marks Sophia’s return in front of the camera after a decade.

Directed by her son Edoardo Ponti, “Life Ahead” sees the iconic Italian Oscar winner playing Madame Rosa, a Holocaust survivor who forges a bond with a 12-year-old Senegalese immigrant boy named Momo.

The film is an adaptation of Romain Gary’s novel “La vie devant soi,” which was previously adapted for the big screen by Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi as “Madame Rosa,” starring Simone Signoret.  That film won the 1978 foreign-language Oscar.

Speaking about the same Sophia said, “I couldn’t be more pleased to be working with Netflix on such a special film. In my career, I’ve worked with the biggest studios but I can safely say that none have had the breadth of reach and the cultural diversity of Netflix, and that’s what I love about them.”

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