From small, sickly girl to teenage beauty queen, Sophia Loren finally found comfort in film producer Carlo Ponti. With his help she rose to stardom and won an Oscar for Best Actress. But the Vatican wouldn't allow Carlo to divorce his estranged wife, and he and Sophia were exiled from the home they loved so dearly.

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