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Two Women (1960)
Where Two Women says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A war film set in Rome and Ciociaria, filmed in towns across Lazio, with one church split between two of them
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Scenes and places
Cesira's shop in Rome
Cesira, a widowed shopkeeper, runs her store in Rome and raises her devoutly religious twelve-year-old daughter, Rosetta, while the war goes on.
Set in Cesira's shop, Rome — The shop in Rome where the widowed Cesira works and raises her daughter. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Rome, the Italian capital, where the story opens.
Filmed at Via Giulio Cesare Santini 7, Rome (Rome, Italy) — The shop was filmed on this street; the sources give the address but no street-level coordinates, so the pin is the city centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The sources name only the street address; check it on a map before going.
Leaving Rome by train
After the bombing of Rome, Cesira takes Rosetta and leaves the city for her native Ciociaria, a rural, mountainous province in central Italy.
Set in A railway station in Rome — The station where Cesira and Rosetta board a train out of the bombed city. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A large railway station in the east of Rome.
Filmed at Roma Tiburtina railway station (Tiburtina, Rome, Italy) — The departure scene was filmed at Tiburtina station. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Roma Tiburtina is a main station on the east side of Rome, on the metro and rail network.
An air attack on the way
On the road away from Rome, the refugees come under air attack.
Set in The road out of Rome — The refugees' journey away from Rome, where an air attack hits.
Cerveteri, a town northwest of Rome.
Filmed at Via Furbara Sasso, Cerveteri (Via Furbara Sasso, Cerveteri, Italy) — The air attack scene was set on this road. Coordinates are for the town of Cerveteri, not the road. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Cerveteri is a town northwest of Rome; the sources do not locate the stretch of road.
The cyclist under attack
Another air attack on the road costs a cyclist his life, in front of the fleeing travellers.
Set in The road on the flight from Rome — A cyclist is killed by an air attack on the refugees' road.
Sermoneta, a medieval hill town in Lazio.
Filmed at Via Dormigliosa, Sermoneta (Via Dormigliosa, Sermoneta, Italy) — The cyclist scene was shot on this street. Coordinates are for the comune of Sermoneta, not the street. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Sermoneta is a hill town in the Lazio countryside south of Rome.
The mountain village of Sant'Eufemia
Mother and daughter settle in Cesira's native Ciociaria, where she draws the attention of Michele, a young local intellectual with communist sympathies.
Set in Sant'Eufemia — Cesira's native mountain village in Ciociaria, a name used in the film.
Saracinesco, a small mountain comune in Lazio.
Filmed at Saracinesco (Saracinesco, Italy) — The village of Sant'Eufemia was really Saracinesco. Coordinates are for the comune; only one source names it. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Saracinesco is a small mountain village east of Rome.
The ruined town after the retreat
After the Allies capture Rome in June 1944, Cesira and Rosetta start back toward the city and pass through a town the retreating troops left in ruins.
Set in A ruined town — A town left in ruins after the German troops withdraw.
Itri, a town in southern Lazio.
Filmed at Itri (Itri, Italy) — The ruined town after the German retreat was filmed here. Coordinates are for the comune of Itri. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Itri is a town in southern Lazio, in the province of Latina.
The church on the road back
On the road back to Rome, Cesira and Rosetta stop at a church that the film turns on.
Set in A church on the road to Rome — A church on the way back to Rome; the exterior and the interior were filmed in two different towns.
Two towns: Vallecorsa for the outside, Fondi for the inside.
Filmed at Via San Francesco, Vallecorsa (Via San Francesco, Vallecorsa, Italy) — The church exterior was shot here. Coordinates are for the comune of Vallecorsa; the two Wikipedia pages name the church differently. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Vallecorsa is a hill town in the province of Frosinone.
Filmed at San Francesco church, Fondi (San Francesco, Fondi, Italy) — The church interior was filmed here, not at the exterior town. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The church of San Francesco is in the old town of Fondi, in the province of Latina.
Characters
- Cesira — A widowed Roman shopkeeper who takes her daughter out of the bombed city.
- Rosetta — Cesira's devoutly religious twelve-year-old daughter.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was Cesira's shop in Two Women filmed?
- Which two towns make up the church in Two Women?
- Where were the air-attack scenes of Two Women shot?