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This screening has reached its registration capacity.

Don’t miss the Q&A…

After you register for this screening, be sure to register for the follow-up event, Members-Only Q&A: The Life Ahead, featuring a conversation with writer/director Edoardo Ponti. (Monday, November 16 – 12:00 pm PT)

Film Independent Members, you and a guest are invited to watch The Life Ahead in our Film Independent Presents Online Screening Room, powered by Vision Media.

In the colorful Italian port city of Bari, the streetwise 12-year-old Senegalese orphan Momo (Ibrahima Gueye) has ambitions to make his fortune in the underworld of the town’s shady alleyways. One day, he steals a bag of items from the elderly Madame Rosa (Sophia Loren), a Holocaust survivor who makes a meagre living raising the children of prostitutes with whom she once shared the streets. When Momo is forced to apologize to Rosa, she reluctantly agrees to take him in temporarily and the two lonely individuals find an unlikely family in each other through a deep and unconventional bond. The kindred spirits become connected to a common destiny that will change the course of their lives. The Life Ahead is directed by Edoardo Ponti and adapted by Ponti and Ugo Chiti from Romain Gary’s novel The Life Before Us. The film stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Iosif Diego Pirvu, Massimiliano Rossi, Abril Zamora and Babak Karimi.

 
2020, 94 minutes, color | Written by Ugo Chiti and Edoardo Ponti | Directed by Edoardo Ponti | Starring Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri and Abril Zamora | Produced by Nicola Serra, Patrizia Massa

All Film Independent Members can register for this online screening starting at 1:00 pm on Thursday, November 5. | Registration is free; one registration per Membership. | Proof of Member status is required to complete registration.

Arts Circle and Film Lover Members are guaranteed access to this event; email membership@filmindependent.org for more information.

How to Watch

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