Kirpianuscus Long time after the end of film, zou feel it as an experience. because it is more than an admirable film. but one touching in profound sense. the performance of Sophia Loren is magnificent. as lot of her career. Edoardo Ponti gives a lovelz gift to his mother and that is not a surprise . but the gift is normal. as recognition of an admirable work. for a spectacular short film using the presence, the voice, the skils of an unique actress and few details for atmosphere. Sophia Loren. and her Angela.

Michael_Elliott Human Voice (2014) *** (out of 4)Angela (Sophia Loren) is at home waiting for the love of her life to show up. She receives a phone call from him stating that he isn't coming and in fact he's leaving her for another woman.This twenty-five minute short is based on the story by Jean Ccocteau and was directed by Loren's son. This here was a dream project for the legendary actress and she certainly gives it her all and delivers one of the strongest performances of her career. Considering how long of a career she's had, it's saying something special that Loren would give such a strong performance at this stage of her career.This is basically all Loren's show since we never actually see or hear the lover. We basically see Loren talking and reacting on the phone as her heart breaks as the fear of being alone quickly hits her. Loren goes through a wide range of emotions and it's truly something beautiful to watch. She comes across as that strong Italian woman and then shows a certain vulnerability within seconds.Edoardo Ponti does a very good job handling the sensitive material and Rodrigo Prieto's cinematography perfectly captures the beauty of the locations.

Tom Burns It's impossible not to be captured by Sophia Loren's performance. She certainly retains her earthy beauty at the age of seventy-nine. And, although this movie is less than thirty minutes long, Ms. Loren is still able to perform a wide range of heartfelt emotions that draw in the viewer. At the end, one wishes this film were longer. Although I don't speak Italian, I love listening to this beautiful language, especially as spoken by the ultimate professional that is Ms. Loren. I also liked the "small" roles such as that of the maid. The maid was perfectly cast and her veal parmigiana looked delicious. Also, bravo to the director, Mr. Ponti. I highly recommend this film.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "La voce umana" or "The Human Voice" is a 25-minute Italian live action short film from last year. The director and writer is Swiss filmmaker Edoardo Ponti (husband to Sasha Alexander from NCIS) and he and Erri De Luca adapted a play by Jean Cocteau for this little movie. It is basically a one-woman show for Italian Academy Award winning actress Sophia Loren, in her 80s now. We follow her phone call to her significant other, in which he apparently is ending the relationship. We see and hear her suffer, we see and hear her be or pretend to be strong etc. I must say Loren was okay, but in terms of the story, I just wasn't impressed. Not even enough material for under 30 minutes in my opinion, which made this a fairly disappointing watch. if you still want to check it out, make sure you have subtitles unless you are fluent in Italian. But I don't recommend the watch.