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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?Read moreLess
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?
The story
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?
Cast & crew
Debora CaprioglioPaprika
Stéphane FerraraRocco
Martine BrochardMadame Collette
Renzo RinaldiCount Bastiano Rosasco
Nina SoldanoJournalist
Clara AlgrantiSciura Angelina
Luciana CireneiDonna Olimpia
John SteinerPrince Ascanio Del Bardo
Valentine DemyBeba
Luigi LaezzaNinoExplore the crew
- Director
- Tinto Brass
- Producer
- Augusto Caminito
- Editor
- Tinto Brass
- Original Music Composer
- Riz Ortolani
- Director of Photography
- Silvano Ippoliti
- Screenplay
- Bernardino Zapponi
- Screenplay
- Tinto Brass