Sophia Loren Archives - The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988)

FOREIGN TITLES & RELEASE DATES

USA (NBC network) - April 3-4, 1988 - The Fortune Pilgrim - 250'
Italy (Canale 5) - April 10, 1988 - Mamma Lucia -

West Germany -

Mamma Lucia -

Spain (TVE-2) - July 1990 -

Mamá Lucía


Dutch poster	Italian poster	American soundtrack	Canadian DVD

PLOT

New York, at the beginning of the 20th century. A woman of Italian origin, courageous and indomitable, lives in the neighborhood of Little Italy; twice widowed, with five children, she faces a hard daily existence made up of lack of understanding, repression, urban violence and alienation. Her rebellious nature leads her into bitter conflicts, but in the end she triumphs over her adversities. (Enrico Lancia)
Story: based on the novel The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzo.

FILMING LOCATIONS

Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
(USA)

Filming dates: March - May 1987

CAST AND CHARACTERS

Sophia Loren (Lucia Angeluzzi)
Edward James Olmos (Frank Corbo)
John Turturro (Larry)
Yorgo Voyagis (Tony)
Anne Strasberg (Filumena)

CREDITS

Photography:
Reginald H. Morris
Music:
Lucio Dalla, Mauro Malavasi
The song ‘Caruso’ by Lucio Dalla, sung by Luciano Pavarotti -
Costumes:
Enrico Sabbatini
Production:
Alex and Carlo Ponti for ReteItalia
Torres Film.

QUOTES AND REVIEWS

"Ms. Loren is charming as Lucia; audiences seem to love her even more now, in her gracious middle age, than they did
when she was an international sex symbol."
The Wall Street Journal

"Mama Lucia is my grandmother. She's my mother. She's all the people who lived around me in my little hometown"
Sophia Loren

"I don't care. I don't mind playing ugly. I don't have to prove I'm beautiful. I never did."
Sophia Loren

"I doLoren is becoming something of a TV movie regular - she was in 'Courage' last season and before that 'Aurora' and 'Sophia Loren: Her Own Story' - and she is still a charismatic screen presence."
Kathryn Baker, Associated Press, 3 apr 1988