Hollywood Italian Style

Adrian Wootton’s talk on Sophia Loren, titled Hollywood: Italian Style, is an illustrated lecture that explores her seven-decade career. It details her evolution from Neapolitan teenager to Oscar-winning actress, featuring film clips, archival imagery, and behind-the-scenes stories about her creative relationships and cultural impact.

Followed by Two Women (La Ciociara), Italy, 100 min, directed by Vittorio De Sica.

Two Women (La Ciociara) is an acclaimed 1960 war drama, based on the novel of the same name by Alberto Moravia, and starring Sophia Loren and Jean-Paul Belmondo. It tells the story of a woman trying to protect her young daughter from the horrors of war. The story is fictional, but based on actual events of 1944 in Rome and rural Lazio.