(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 31 - "Why did I choose my mother as the protagonist of Life in front of you? I had her voice in my head while I was reading Romain Gary's novel. Madame Rosa was like, with her story", says Edoardo Bridges.
The film, a Netflix original produced by Palomar in collaboration with Artemis rising foundation, is in the hypothetical shortlist of the Oscars, in particular there is a lot of talk about an exceptional nomination for Sophia Loren, our biggest star, Oscar in '62 for La Ciociara and honorary in '91, which at the age of 86 gave her son director and herself a sensational return on the stage with a painful mater that moved the audiences.
"Inside MadamaRosa there is my mother Romilda, her strength, her tenacity, she has lived through terrible moments, war, poverty and I interpreted her by feeling her", he said.
Variety organized for The Life Ahead, a film adaptation of the 1975 novel of the same name, a meeting with the director and author of the screenplay with Ugo Chiti, the singer-songwriter Diane Warren who wrote the music for the song IO SÌ (SEEN) interpreted in the film by Laura Pausini.
Ponti's previous Coming & Going film is from 2011, why all this time? "Every film has to reflect a part of you," Ponti said.
"It wasn't easy to find something that touched me as deeply and emotionally as it did with Life ahead, given its themes of tolerance, empathy and humanity."
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