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The Life Ahead

La vita davanti a sé

2020

Edoardo Ponti

Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Abril Zamora ...

6.1

2,944

Drama In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business (Sophia Loren) takes in 12-year-old Momo, a Senegalese Muslim street kid.

	Media	Author	Review
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"'The Life Ahead' is compelling enough to make the by-the-numbers narrative worth telling, if only because with such fine-tuned performances at its center, it deserves to be told."
		Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"'The Life Ahead' might be a familiar story, but as a showcase for Loren’s sensuality, star power and unfailing instincts, it feels both classic and exhilaratingly new (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Ponti's admiration for the neorealist masters of Italian cinema is evident, even if his storytelling leans toward slicker, more predictable melodrama and his emotional exploration is less subtle."
		Steve Pond The Wrap	"The heart of the film is in the connection between a 12-year-old boy and an 86-year-old woman, and Loren and Gueye make that relationship rich and touching enough to give life to the movie that surrounds it."
		Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"This picture earns its tear-jerking without becoming treacly. OK, without becoming too treacly. And it has other charming, enlightened components"
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Sophia Loren returns majestically to the screen in a conventional arthouse weepie"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"Get out your handkerchiefs (...) there is not a single false note in the bare bones purity of Loren’s magnificent performance"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Perhaps you need a sweet tooth for this, but it’s good to see Loren in a movie that is worthy of her (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The Life Ahead’s empathetic touch will be welcomed by audiences who simply want a film that advocates for kindness in the world."
		Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"Sophia Loren inhabits the role of Madame Rosa as if it was written for her (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"86-year-old Loren is still as reassuringly robust and vital as she always was. The actress is absolute bliss in her new Italian drama (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

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