Two Women

[Machine Translation] Love turns to lust, purity to shame, and two women are trapped in intense passion and unforgettable fear. The award-winning film starring Sophia Loren and directed by De Sica is now available for the first time on disc! --In the summer of 1943, when the Allied Forces began their assault on Rome, the lives of a mother and her daughter were completely destroyed. To escape the storm of the raid, the widow Cesila decides to take her daughter Rosetta back to her hometown, a mountain range of mountains. Mother and daughter are very close, and mother proudly watches Rosetta grow up. While the mother and daughter are living a strange life in their hometown, Michele, a shy, intellectual young man, appears before them. Michele falls in love with Cesila, who is always positive about life, while Cesila's daughter, Rosetta, is fascinated by Michele. Mother and daughter are caught in a whirlpool of love for one man. It is no longer a battle between mother and daughter, but between "one woman" and "one woman. In the midst of all this, the war finally came to an end. The war finally came to an end. Cesilla and Rosetta return to Rome. On the way, they are cruelly raped by soldiers in a dangerous zone of postwar chaos. Rosetta is so shocked that she stops speaking to him. She realizes that she can no longer communicate with her daughter. She leaves her body with men she doesn't know because of her unstable mental state and continues to go home in the mornings. Her mother could not do anything about the way she was losing the true meaning of her life because of the rape case. One day, they both receive a message. It was the sad news that Michele had been killed by the Germans... Enclosed is an explanatory leaflet (written by Onji Okada). Reversible jacket.

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愛は欲望へ、純潔は恥辱へと変わり、ふたりの女は激しい情熱と忘れられぬ恐怖に囚われていく―。各国の映画賞を総なめにしたソフィア・ローレン主演・デ・シーカ監督作が初ディスク化! ――連合軍がローマへの襲撃を開始した1943年の夏、母と娘の人生は完全に壊されてしまった。襲撃の嵐から逃れるために、未亡人のチェジーラは、娘ロゼッタを連れて山並みの連なる故郷へと帰ることを決意する。母と娘はとても仲が良く、ロゼッタの成長を母は自慢げに見守っていた。故郷でなれない生活を送る母娘の前に、シャイなインテリ青年ミケーレが現れた。ミケーレはいつも前向きに人生を生きてゆくチェジーラに恋心を抱くようになるが、チェジーラの娘、ロゼッタはミケーレに心を奪われていた。母と娘はひとりの男を巡る愛情の渦に巻き込まれていった。それはもはや母と娘の戦いではなく、「ひとりの女」と「ひとりの女」の戦いとなっていた。そんな中。戦争はついに終結した。チェジーラとロゼッタはローマへの帰路をたどる。戦後の混乱で危険地帯と化した道中、ふたりは兵士たちによって無残にもレイプされてしまう。ショックのあまり、口をきかなくなってしまうロゼッタ。チェジーラにもはや娘と心を通わせることができないことを悟る。不安定な精神状態から知らない男たちに体を預け、朝帰りを続けるロゼッタ。あのレイプ事件のせいで人生の本当の意味を見失ってゆく様を、母はどうすることもできなかった。そんなある日、ふたりの元に一通の知らせが届く。ミケーレがドイツ軍に殺されたという悲しい知らせだった・・・。解説リーフレット (執筆: 岡田温司)封入。ジャケットリバーシブル仕様。