Sophia Loren Hospitalized After Fall, Has A number of Fractures

Sophia Loren underwent emergency surgical procedure Sunday after struggling a number of fractures, together with one to her femur, after a nasty fall at her Swiss house.

The Italian performing icon, who turned 89 on Sept. 20, fell in her toilet and sustained a number of fractures to her hip, and a critical fracture to her femur which wanted surgical procedure, a supply near the actress instructed The Hollywood Reporter. The supply added that there’s cautious optimism in regards to the final result of the operation and Loren’s restoration, which can embrace a brief convalescence after which an extended rehabilitation.

Information of Loren’s fall was damaged by a restaurant she was set to open within the Italian metropolis of Bari on Sept. 26 — the fourth such restaurant bearing her identify. The actress was additionally set to obtain honorary citizenship from town, however now all her engagements for the foreseeable future have been canceled.

Sources say the actress’ sons Carlo and Edoardo are by her facet on the hospital. Edoardo directed Loren in her most up-to-date function movie, the 2020 Netflix function The Life Forward, which received her a David di Donatello Award for greatest actress. In 2021, she was the topic of the Netflix documentary What Would Sophia Loren Do?

Loren’s final public look was on the Armani style present in Venice on Sept. 2, held throughout the eightieth Venice Movie Pageant.