If eyes are the window to the soul, then Sophia Loren’s spirit has been in full view for decades on screens big — and now, small. At 86, the Italian actor came out of retirement to star in “The Life Ahead,” which was directed by her son, Edoardo Ponti, and will be released on Netflix on Nov. 13.

In the film, Madame Rosa (Loren), an aging Holocaust survivor who offers day care for the children of local prostitutes, forges an unlikely bond with a bitter street kid (Ibrahima Gueye) who robbed her.