Two Women

Release date: Dec 22, 1960

Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.

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Cesira

Michele Di Libero

Giovanni

Rosetta

Filippo, il padre di Michele

un fasciste

un fermier

Maria

La madre impazzita

une évacuée

Scimmione

il tedesco nel pagliaio

Peppuccio

ufficiale tedesco batteria contraerea

Lawyer (uncredited)

Il piccolo Alessandro (uncredited)

Il passeggero sul treno (uncredited)

Florindo (uncredited)

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