Oscar-winning actressΒ Sophia LorenΒ is back in front of the camera for her first feature film in a decade, directed by her sonΒ Edoardo Ponti.

A new movie in which she plays Madame Rosa, a Holocaust survivor who forges a bond with a 12-year-old Senegalese immigrant boy named Momo.
The film, titled β€œLa vita davanti a sé” (β€œThe Life Ahead”), is an adaptation of Romain Gary’s novel β€œLa vie devant soi,” which was previously adapted for the big screen by Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi.
Sophia Loren, 84, plays the same role as Signoret, though Ponti said the two adaptations are very different. The film has begun shooting in Italy.
oren, who is working 10-hour days, said she is allowing herself to β€œexpress things on screen in a way that I think audiences will find very surprising.”