This Sunday, September 24, Sophia Loren suffered a fall at her home. Suffering from several fractures, the actress, who celebrated her 89th birthday a few days ago, had to undergo emergency surgery.
Big scare for Sophia Loren. This Sunday, September 24, the 89-year-old Italian icon fell in the bathroom of his house in Switzerland. Suffering from multiple hip fractures and a fractured femoral neck, the actress underwent emergency surgery, a close source reports to the American site. The Hollywood Reporterbefore specifying that the movie star was going to experience a “short convalescence” followed by a “long rehabilitation”. Seriously injured, Sophia Loren had to cancel all her professional commitments. On Tuesday, September 26, the actress was scheduled to travel to Bari, Italy, to inaugurate a restaurant named after her and receive and receive the title of honorary citizen of the city.
Carlo and Eduardo Ponti, Sophie Loren’s sons, at the actress’s bedside
Still hospitalized, Sophia Loren can count on the presence of her sons Carlo and Edoardo, born from her marriage to producer Carlo Ponti, at her bedside. In 2020, the actress made her last appearance in a film by playing in The life ahead directed by his younger son Edoardo Ponti. Available on Netflix, this feature film won her the best actress prize at the David di Donatello Awards, which reward excellence in Italian cinema. The unforgettable partner of Jean-Paul Belmondo in La Ciociara made his last public appearance at the Armani fashion show, which was held during the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, on September 2.
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Sophia Loren’s tender word to a famous French actor
In May 2023, Sophia Loren signed a touching note to Alain Delon in the book Alain Delon, loves and memories. “I have fond memories of Alain Delon, including that of the Cannes Film Festival where we arrived together, with Romy Schneider, in 1962. More recently, we also took a trip to Mexico, both of us, and I remember that Alain had been very moved by an anecdote that I told him about Fellini; towards the end of his life, Fellini often said: ‘Ah, essere innamorato un’altra volta!’ (‘Ah! Falling in love again!’). Alain, I am thinking of you and I greet you with all my friendship”, wrote the actress, who has always carried France in her heart. In the 1960s, Prime Minister Georges Pompidou granted her French nationality so that she could marry Carlo Ponti.
