I became aware of the film because of Sophia Loren and only watched it for this reason. Normally, Italian realism doesn't suit me very well, but I was curious. You don't have to tell much about the content, such or similar stories already exist, of course, but how a friendship develops out of the very patient old lady Madame Rosa and the young Senegalese Momo is well told, but above all it is played very credibly. And the still unknown Ibrahima Gueye might still make a name for himself. Sophia Loren is, of course, a rock and manages with little means to draw a character that is always credible, human and comprehensible. That is her great art.
Review of The Life Ahead
