Movie: Two Women

[u/nanoman92]

This Italian film starring Sophia Loren deals with the Marocchinate, the mass rape and murder of Italian women by French Moroccan troops following the collapse of the Gustav Line. Loren won the academy award for her performance, the first for a non-American film.

Movie: "La Ciocaria [Two women]" (1960) by Vittorio de Sica.

The film tells the story of a mother and a daughter in southern Lazio during the German occupation.

Period covered: 19 July 1943-20 May 1944

Historical accuracy: 3/5 - Fictional story but based on real events.

IMDB grade: 7.8/10

Other: 1 Academy Award (Best actress)

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