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A heart-felt drama directed by Vittorio De Sica (BICYCLE THIEVES) - the filmmaking trio De Sica, Loren and Mastroianni - who remain to-date the undisputed Italian film royalty - became the most successful film team in Italy with their films bringing home Oscars and or Cannes Awards as well as fame and fortune around the world. Here, they are a the very top of their game with Loren and Mastroianni as the newly-wed lovers torn apart by War, who never give up on one another despite almost impossible odds. Mastroianni is the soldier left to die in the howling snows of a frozen Russian winter and LOREN his young bride who fights all the odds of post war Russia to find the man she said she would never leave!
SUNFLOWER was produced by Carlo Ponti (DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, BLOW UP, LA STRADA, A SPECIAL DAY) with Joseph Levine: it has, in fact, a lot of Zhivago connotations and similar wide vista production values. Interestingly SUNFLOWERS was the 1st 'westerner' film shot in Russia - and Ukraine - about a world torn apart by war ..! SUNFLOWER has the potential to cross over from "world cinema art house" into familyviewing drama because, like Zhivago, this English-speaking film is an intense, life-affirming, drama of love lost and found set against a war background.
Bonus Features:
- Sophia Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Documentary (54 min) exclusive documentary "SOPHIA, YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW" is an exclusive candid personal interview with Loren, it includes never before seen footage of Loren's life & features her family and many close friends such as Woody Allen, Giorgio Armani ..
- Photo Gallery from the film and documentary
- Argent Trailer Park
- Argent Films
- 104 mins approx.
- Vittorio De Sica
Italian
- 15
- Sophia Loren
- Marcello Mastroianni
English
- 1970
- English
- 1
- 2
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A heart-felt drama directed by Vittorio De Sica (BICYCLE THIEVES) - the filmmaking trio De Sica, Loren and Mastroianni - who remain to-date the undisputed Italian film royalty - became the most successful film team in Italy with their films bringing home Oscars and or Cannes Awards as well as fame and fortune around the world. Here, they are a the very top of their game with Loren and Mastroianni as the newly-wed lovers torn apart by War, who never give up on one another despite almost impossible odds. Mastroianni is the soldier left to die in the howling snows of a frozen Russian winter and LOREN his young bride who fights all the odds of post war Russia to find the man she said she would never leave!
SUNFLOWER was produced by Carlo Ponti (DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, BLOW UP, LA STRADA, A SPECIAL DAY) with Joseph Levine: it has, in fact, a lot of Zhivago connotations and similar wide vista production values. Interestingly SUNFLOWERS was the 1st 'westerner' film shot in Russia - and Ukraine - about a world torn apart by war ..! SUNFLOWER has the potential to cross over from "world cinema art house" into familyviewing drama because, like Zhivago, this English-speaking film is an intense, life-affirming, drama of love lost and found set against a war background.
Bonus Features:
- Sophia Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Documentary (54 min) exclusive documentary "SOPHIA, YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW" is an exclusive candid personal interview with Loren, it includes never before seen footage of Loren's life & features her family and many close friends such as Woody Allen, Giorgio Armani ..
- Photo Gallery from the film and documentary
- Argent Trailer Park
- Argent Films
- 104 mins approx.
- Vittorio De Sica
Italian
- 15
- Sophia Loren
- Marcello Mastroianni
English
- 1970
- English
- 1
- 2
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Sunflower
A wonderful film starring Sophia Loren that has just been released to the British public. A bitter sweet story of a lost love, prisoners of war and the second world war in Italy. The film footage is superb and really modern for its time and some original film footage after the war as well. I watched this film on the TV in January and pre-ordered two copies of the DVD for friends as I knew that they would love it too.
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