Synopsis
In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as a prostitute. Amid the hustle and bustle of Rome, Paprika drifts from one brothel to another as she learns the ropes and works her way up one client at a time. However, as Paprika embarks on a stormy journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation, the sense that something is missing haunts her. Is Paprika meant to experience a passionate romance and solve the great mystery of true love?
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
617 audience votes
Key crew
- Tinto BrassDirector
- Riz OrtolaniOriginal Music Composer
- Bernardino ZapponiScreenplay
- Tinto BrassScreenplay
Cast
- Debora CaprioglioPaprika
- Stéphane FerraraRocco
- Martine BrochardMadame Collette
- Stéphane BonnetFranco
- Rossana GavinelGina
- Renzo RinaldiCount Bastiano Rosasco
- Nina SoldanoJournalist
- Clara AlgrantiSciura Angelina
- Luciana CireneiDonna Olimpia
- John SteinerPrince Ascanio Del Bardo
- Valentine DemyBeba
- Luigi LaezzaNino
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Themes
prostitutebased on novel or bookself sacrificerome, italyitalybrothelpimpmarriageanal sextrainprostitutionsuburb