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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's the third screen adaptation of the novel The Life Before Us by Romain Gary. It stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye and Abril Zamora.

It was released in a limited release on November 6, 2020, followed by digital streaming on Netflix on November 13, 2020.

Madam Rosa is a former prostitute and Holocaust survivor. She provides childcare for the children of "working women." After a 12-year old Senegalese street kid robs her, she reluctantly agrees to take him in. They develop a deep bond and she tries to help him find his way in life, as he learns she is both a Holocaust survivor and an ex-prostitute.

The film is based on Romain Gary's novel, The Life Before Us, and also on Madame Rosa, the film version of the novel directed by Moshe Mizrahi in 1977 and featuring Simone Signoret.