Loren ascended to stardom when she attended the 1955 Cannes Film Festival and became the most-photographed guest at the event. The 1955 melodrama The River Girl stars Loren as a pregnant peasant ...

Featuring an all-star cast of Sophia Loren, Silvana Mangano, Paolo Stoppa, Eduardo De Filippo, Tina Pica, and De Sica himself, all in a state of grace, the film is one of the greatest masterpieces ...