Sunflower (1970)

France, Italy

Drama, War

C. C. Champion, Les Films Concordia

Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Ludmila Savelyeva, Galina Andreyeva, Anna Carena, Germano Longo

Vittorio De Sica

Cesare Zavattini, Cesare Zavattini, Tonino Guerra, Tonino Guerra

Taglines: A woman born for love. A man born to love her. A timeless moment in a world gone mad.

new love, world war ii, honeymoon, love letter, soldier

At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead. There's a flashback to their brief courtship near her hometown of Naples, his 12-day leave to marry her, ruses to keep from deployment, and the ultimate farewell. Some years after the war, still with no word from Antonio, Giovanna goes to Russia to find him, starting in the town near the winter battle when he disappeared. Armed with his photograph, what will she find?

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