The diva suffered a nasty injury in her own apartment, it is believed that her recovery will take a long time.
Sophia Loren fell in her bathroom and was hospitalized after breaking her hip in addition to multiple femur fractures, The Hollywood Reporter reported.
The actress - who, by the way, turned 89 on September 20 - was operated on Sunday, according to her doctors, the intervention was successful.
The close friend, who requested anonymity, also told the paper that there is cautious optimism about the outcome of the surgery and the film icon's recovery, which will include a short recovery and then a long rehabilitation, so now all of Sophia Loren's appearances have been canceled.
The last public appearance of the actress was this year, at the 80th Venice Film Festival, at the Armani fashion show on September 2nd in Venice.
It is understood that her sons Carlo and Edoardo are at her side in the hospital.
