Loren, 86, stars in upcoming Netflix drama The Life Ahead, which is directed by her son, Edoardo Ponti.
“Sophia Loren has never done parts where she loses her mind, when she gets into this kind of mental paralysis.”
In the film, Loren plays Madame Rosa, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who helps raise the children of deceased sex workers with whom she once walked the streets.
Sophia Loren is returning to cinema after an 11-year absence.