La Ciociara (1960)

Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Andrea Checchi, Carlo Ninchi, Eleonora Brown, Emma Baron, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pupella Maggio, Raf Vallone, Sophia Loren

Synopsis:

Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.