“To the Queen of Italian cinema, our honorary citizen, sincere and affectionate greetings reach of our community and an invitation to come back early in his Sorrento”. This is the text of the telegram sent this morning to Sophia Loren, who celebrates today 80 years old, by the Mayor of Sorrento, Giuseppe Cuomo. Awarded honorary citizenship in 2009, cinematic icon of Italy in the world, the actress filmed in Sorrento some of his most famous films, from ”Bread, Love and …”, the film directed by Dino Risi in 1955, where he played alongside Vittorio De Sica to the most recent ”the house geraniums”, filmed in 2004, directed by Lina Wertmuller. However, will be a special birthday diva that of the original Pozzuoli. a birthday that Sophia will spend in Mexico City where, to celebrate the occasion, the telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim, one of the richest men in the world, has organized a gala in his honor. Thursday, the star, true icon of the beauty world, has opened an exhibition in the museum’s private magnate entitled “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”, just the title of the memoir that Loren has produced on the occasion of his birthday. Showcasing some of the “treasures” of the diva, dresses, jewelry, shoes, but also portraits and clips with famous romantic scenes taken from his films, with some legendary actors, Marcello Mastroianni, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando.