This biopic about actress Sophia Loren covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic fling with Cary Grant, and the birth of her first child, and is tied together with actual clips from some of her movies.
Mel Stuart
Director
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren / Romilda Villani
Armand Assante
Riccardo Scicolone
John Gavin
Cary Grant
Rip Torn
Carlo Ponti
Theresa Saldana
Maria Scicolone
Ritza Brown
Sophia at Age 16
Edmund Purdom
Vittorio de Sica
Anna Miserocchi
Louisa Villani
Francesca De Sapio
Dora
Cyrus Elias
Guido
Riccardo Cucciolla
Dominico Villani
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