Sunflower

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(156 votes)

At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead. There's a flashback to their brief courtship near her hometown of Naples, his 12-day leave to marry her, ruses to keep from deployment, and the ultimate farewell. Some years after the war, still with no word from Antonio, Giovanna goes to Russia to find him, starting in the town near the winter battle when he disappeared. Armed with his photograph, what will she find?

Country:

France,

Italy

Genre:

Drama,

War

Duration:

109 minutes

Year:

1970

Director:

Vittorio De Sica

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Company:

C. C. Champion,

Les Films Concordia

Cast:
Sophia Loren

Giovanna

Marcello Mastroianni

Antonio

Ludmila Savelyeva

Mascia

Galina Andreeva

Valentina

Anna Carena

Madre Antonio

Crew:
Vittorio De Sica

Director

Tonino Guerra

Screenplay

Giuseppe Rotunno

Director of Photography

Arthur Cohn

Producer

Cesare Zavattini

Screenplay