The Life Ahead

The Life Ahead
Official poster
Directed byEdoardo Ponti
Screenplay by
Based on
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAngus Hudson
Edited byJacopo Quadri
Music byGabriel Yared
Production
companies
  • Palomar
  • Impact Partners
  • Artemis Rising
  • Another Chance Productions
  • Foothills Productions
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • November 6, 2020 (2020-11-06) (United States)
  • November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13) (Italy)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Life Ahead (Italian: La vita davanti a sé) is a 2020 Italian drama film directed by Edoardo Ponti, from a screenplay by Ponti and Ugo Chiti. It is the third screen adaptation of the 1975 novel The Life Before Us by Romain Gary. It stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye and Abril Zamora, and is set in Bari, Italy.

The film was preceded by Madame Rosa, a 1977 film based on the Gary novel, directed by Moshé Mizrahi and featuring Simone Signoret. Like the book, the first film version is set in Paris.[1]

The Life Ahead was given a limited release on November 6, 2020, followed by digital streaming on Netflix on November 13.

  1. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (November 13, 2020). "The Life Ahead Brings Sofia Loren Back to the Screen in a Tearjerker That Fully Earns Its Tears". Time. Retrieved November 24, 2020.