N.088 - Sophia

The last true diva isn’t Italian, she’s Neapolitan. ‘She’s something else.’ Born in Rome by chance, she grew up in Naples, and it’s in Pozzuoli that she places her memories before fame, before the Oscars, before Sofia became Sophia. Her essence is Neapolitan: her emotional depth, her humor, her authenticity, her determination. Rosa Snijders celebrates an extraordinary actress and woman, an eternal symbol of our city and an ambassador of its identity and culture around the world. The illustration portrays her in an everyday moment, a breakfast filled with familiar flavors, on the terrace of Villa San Michele, recalling the iconic photographs taken in 1960 in Anacapri during the filming of The Bay of Naples. "Life has taken me far from my roots, but my heart remains there, in those lands."