Sunflower (1969)
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Excruciating tosh in which Loren plays a bereft Italian spouse wandering over what feels like the whole of Russia looking for hubby Mastroianni, who never returned after serving on the Russian front in World War II. Much picturesque scenery and soul-searching later, she finds him with a Russian wife, a child, and amnesia. Off she slogs back to Italy to forget, marry, have a child. At which point guess who turns up, having remembered? It's much worse than it sounds.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Producer: Carlo Ponti, Arthur Cohn
Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Ludmila Savelyeva, Galina Andreeva, Germano Longo full cast
Duration: 107 mins
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