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Quick Info

Rating

7.8/10

Release1960

Runtime1h 40m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)

C. C. Champion

Les Films Marceau-Cocinor

Titanus

Movie

Two Women

1960

1h 40m

7.8

Drama

War

Synopsis

A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.

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