Sophia Loren to star in upcoming Netflix film after 11 year break from acting

Italian actress Sophia Loren is set to star in a feature film for the first time in over a decade.

The star of Hollywood's Golden Age, 86, will play the main part in a new Italian-language drama, The Life Ahead, which will be streamed on Netflix. the Daily Mail reports.

In the film - which will be directed by the star's son Edoardo Ponti - Sophia plays a Jewish woman and Holocaust survivor named Madame Rosa who helps raise the children of prostitutes.

Speaking of her excitement about the project she told Deadline: "When my son proposed the role to me, it was a dream come true. 

"I jumped at the opportunity to make it. I loved portraying Madame Rosa. She is tough, she is fragile, she is a survivor. In many ways she reminds me of my own mother."