Is titled I Yes (Seen) the passage of Laura Pausini and original song by The Life Ahead – Life ahead, the new film directed by Edoardo Ponti that marks the return of Sophia Loren, mother of the director, after 10 years of absence from the stage.
“I know that the song will be proposed by the producers of the film for the 2021 Oscars“, Said the singer, who added:“ I don’t want to create too many expectations about this possibility, but I don’t deny that I celebrated, as I usually do in these cases, by eating a hamburger. It’s my superstitious ritual: if the song is nominated I’ll have to stay on a strict diet for a month for the red carpet, so I’ll celebrate first! “.
The film will be in theaters on November 3, 4 and 5 and will then be broadcast on Netflix from November 13. I do is the first collaboration of Laura Pausini with Diane Warren, producer of the likes of Celine Dion, Cher and Beyoncé.
A proposal that arrived unexpectedly, as the singer said: “The song was born this summer, when Diane Warren called me and told me about this song born in English for Edoardo Ponti’s film. After seeing it I immediately decided to do it: I already liked the song, but above all the message of the film convinced me in which I completely recognize myself “.
The film tells the story of the encounter between Rosa, a Holocaust survivor and social worker, and Momo, a Senegalese boy who lives on theft and petty tricks in the suburban streets of an Italian city. “It is a great emotion see Sophia on stage and to be able to appreciate his generosity in interpreting an intense story, Italian and with a socially important and unfortunately still very current meaning ”, said Pausini.
Laura has known Sophia Loren in 2003, but they have been revisited several times over the years, in various social occasions around the world. Their relationship has grown over the years, confirming a sincere feeling that still binds them today.
The singer said he confessed her difficulties in becoming a mother, discovering a protective and maternal woman. Loren listened and enjoyed the song from the film, as she explained well Laura Pausini: “The song is a kind of dialogue and if you listen well my voice is a bit as if the character played by Sophia Loren spoke at that moment”.
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