The Life Ahead

In THE LIFE AHEAD, Sophia Loren plays Madame Rosa, a Holocaust survivor and former sex worker who now cares for the kids of other sex workers. Momo, an orphan from Senegal, stumbles into Rosa's life and her house of other kids. Momo initially resists, but eventually lets those around him help and start to love him. He takes up work at a local shop, spends more time with Rosa and the other kids, generally helps out, and slowly becomes part of the family. But Momo is tempted by the life of the streets and the sense of freedom it brings. Will Momo realize the endgame of drug dealing and crime or will Momo stay by Rosa as she begins to need him most? Spacing out and wandering off, often retreating to her underground recreation of her past, Rosa sometimes cannot recognize where or when she is. It's up to Momo to make sure she gets her last request.