Netflix: The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a sé) Trailer - Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye & Renato Carpentieri

In the colorful Italian port city of Bari, the streetwise 12-year-old Senegalese orphan Momo (Ibrahima Gueye) has ambitions to make his fortune in the underworld of the town’s shady alleyways. One day, he steals a bag of items from the elderly Madame Rosa (Sophia Loren), a Holocaust survivor who makes a meagre living raising the children of prostitutes with whom she once shared the streets. When Momo is forced to apologize to Rosa, she reluctantly agrees to take him in temporarily and the two lonely individuals find an unlikely family in each other through a deep and unconventional bond. The kindred spirits become connected to a common destiny that will change the course of their lives. The Life Ahead is directed by Edoardo Ponti and adapted by Ponti, Ugo Chiti from Romain Gary’s novel The Life Before Us. The film stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Iosif Diego Pirvu, Massimiliano Rossi, Abril Zamora and Babak Karimi.

THE LIFE AHEAD
The Life Ahead
(La vita davanti a sé)
A contemporary adaptation of the international bestseller “The Life Before Us” by Romain Gary
Release Date: In Select Theaters November | On Netflix November 13, 2020
Director: Edoardo Ponti
Writers: Ugo Chiti, Edoardo Ponti

Starring: Academy Award® winner Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, and with Renato Carpentieri, Iosif Diego Pirvu, Massimiliano Rossi, Abril Zamora, Babak Karimi
Produced by: Palomar
In collaboration with: Artemis Rising Foundation
With the support of: Regione Puglia, Puglia Promozione, Apulia Film Commission

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In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business, Madame Rosa (Loren), takes in 12-year-old street kid Momo, the boy who recently robbed her. The two loners become each other’s protectors, anchoring an unconventional family.

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